Commissioning of housing in Ukraine in January-June 2023 increased by 1.4 times compared to the same period of 2022 – up to 3 million 593.1 thousand square meters, the State Statistics Service reported.
According to the report, 2 million 25.6 thousand square meters of housing (56.3% of the total volume) have been commissioned in cities since the beginning of the year, which is a quarter more than last year’s figure, while in rural areas – 1 million 567.5 thousand square meters, which is almost twice as much as in the first half of 2022.
Overall, 44.2 thousand apartments were commissioned during the reporting period, which is 61% more than in January-June 2022. At the same time, 26.4 thousand apartments were commissioned in cities, which is 25% more than last year, in villages – 17.7 thousand apartments, which is 2.5 times more than in the same period of 2022.
According to the State Statistics Committee, 9.9 thousand apartments were commissioned in single-family houses, 36.2 thousand – in apartment buildings.
According to the results of the first half of the year, the most housing was commissioned in Kyiv region (594.3 thousand square meters, 16.5% of the total volume), Kyiv (544.1 thousand square meters), Vinnytsia region (459.2 thousand square meters), Lviv region (340 thousand square meters), Ivano-Frankivsk region (246.7 thousand square meters) and Zakarpattya region (176.3 thousand square meters).
According to statistical data, the growth of housing commissioning was recorded in all regions of Ukraine, except for three regions. Thus, in Poltava region commissioned 69.9 thousand square meters, which is 41.2% less than in January-June 2022, in Chernihiv region – 20.4 thousand square meters (-39%) and Zhytomyr region – 52.5 thousand square meters of housing (-11.2%).
The data are given taking into account the housing commissioned in accordance with the temporary order of acceptance into operation of houses built without a permit for construction works, reminds the State Statistics Committee. Also, the information is given without taking into account the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and part of the territories where hostilities are (were) conducted.
As reported, commissioning of housing in Ukraine in 2022 decreased by 37.8% compared to 2021 – to 7 million 110.2 thousand square meters. m
