The total area of residential buildings, which are issued permits for construction works (new construction) in 2022 decreased by 1.9 times compared with 2021 – up to 6.67 million square meters, said the State Statistics Service (Derzhstat).
According to statistics agency, in January-December 2022, the total area of new construction of apartment buildings was 6 million 528.5 thousand square meters (98% of the total volume). The number of apartments in apartment buildings declared at the beginning of construction was 85 thousand, which is 41% less than last year.
In Kiev last year, the total area of new housing construction decreased by 70% to 878.3 thousand square meters. m, in the Kiev region – by 33% – to 1.86 million square meters. m.
According to State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, in Lviv region the volume of new construction decreased only by 8% compared to the previous year and amounted to 1.01 million square meters. This is the smallest drop among all the regions.
In Khmelnytsky region the volume of new construction was decreased by 40% to 330.8 thousand m2 , in Odessa region – “minus” 70%, to 265.3 thousand m2 , in Kharkiv region – decreased by 69%, to 214.3 thousand m2 , in Ternopil region – “minus” 20%, to 258.7 thousand m2 , in Ivano-Frankivsk region – decreased by 16%, to 204.4 thousand m2.
At the same time, the volume of new construction in the Volyn region amounted to 425.1 thousand square meters in 2022, which is 2.3 times more than last year. The volume increase against the previous year was also recorded in the Rivne region – “plus” 13%, up to 194 thousand square meters.
In other regions of Ukraine the volume of new construction last year showed a drop to the previous year and was less than 200 thousand square meters.
Gosstat reminds that the figures do not include the temporarily occupied territory of the Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as part of the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
