The volume of construction works performed in Ukraine in September 2020 increased by 11.8% compared to September 2019, while in August compared to August a year earlier – by 8.3%.
According to the State Statistics Service (Derzhstat), since the beginning of the year, the volume of construction works completed amounted to UAH 119.8 billion. In general, in January-September this year, this figure increased by 0.2% compared to the same period last year.
According to the statistics department, in September the indicator increased by 18.3% compared to the previous month (according to seasonally adjusted data – by 2.5%), while in August compared to July this indicator increased by 3.6%.
According to the State Statistics Service, in September 2020 in comparison with September 2019, the volume of work decreased in housing construction and increased in non-residential and engineering one. Thus, according to unadjusted data, the decrease in volumes in housing construction was 7.1%. At the same time, the construction of non-residential buildings increased by 10.9%, engineering structures – by 18.5%.
The share of new construction in the total volume of completed construction works was 38.1%, repairs – 34.1%, reconstruction and technical re-equipment – 27.8%.
In January-September 2020, compared to the same period a year earlier, an increase in the volume of construction works was recorded in Donetsk (by 36%, to UAH 5.37 billion), Khmelnytsky (by 35.3%, to UAH 3.47 billion), Chernihiv (by 34.7%, to UAH 1.67 billion), Odesa (by 23.9%, to UAH 14.45 billion), Kyiv (by 22%, to UAH 8 billion), Lviv (by 10.9% , to UAH 8 billion), Sumy (by 9.8%, to UAH 1 billion), Chernivtsi (by 7.9%, to UAH 1.39 billion), Poltava (by 4.1%, to UAH 5.48 billion), Vinnytsia (by 2.4%, to UAH 6.21 billion), Volyn (by 1.4%, to UAH 1.41 billion) and Cherkasy (by 0.1%, to UAH 1.32 billion) regions.
In the remaining 12 regions and the city of Kyiv, a drop in the volume of construction works was recorded, in particular, in Zaporizhia (by 35.4%, to UAH 1.71 billion), Kirovohrad (by 35.3%, to UAH 893.7 million), Kherson (by 32.6% to UAH 787.3 million). In Kyiv, the volume of construction works performed during this period decreased by 5.5% and amounted to UAH 26.8 billion.
The statistics are given without taking into account the occupied Crimea and the temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
