Housing commissioning in Ukraine in 2023 increased by 3.8% compared to 2022, to 7 million 380.7 thousand square meters, the State Statistics Service reported.
According to the report, 4 million 276.9 thousand square meters of housing were put into operation in cities in 2023, which is 10% lower than the previous year. In rural areas, 31.6% more housing was commissioned than in 2022 – 3 million 103.8 thousand square meters.
At the same time, 47.2% of the total housing volume was commissioned in single-family houses, 52.6% in houses with two or more apartments, and 0.2% in dormitories.
In total, 89.2 thousand apartments were commissioned last year, which is 3.5% less than in 2022. At the same time, 57.2 thousand apartments were commissioned in cities and 32 thousand apartments in villages.
At the end of 2023, the largest number of housing was commissioned in Kyiv region – 1 million 387.6 thousand square meters (18.8% of the total), but compared to 2022, the figure decreased by 4.8%. Next comes Lviv region – 769.4 thousand sq m (10.4%), exceeding the previous year’s result by 6.8%; Vinnytsia region – 658.5 thousand sq m (8.9%), plus 62.8% by 2022; Ivano-Frankivsk region – 526 thousand sq m (7.1%), plus 6.6%, respectively.
In Kyiv, 1 million 13.8 thousand square meters of housing (13.7%) were commissioned last year, which is 11.6% higher than in 2022.
According to the State Statistics Service, the largest increase in housing commissioning in 2023 was recorded in Kharkiv region, where the figure increased 5 times year-on-year to 260.6 thousand square meters (3.5% of the total).
The growth of housing commissioning compared to the previous year was also recorded in Cherkasy (+78.4%, to 166.8 thousand sq. m.), Donetsk (+52, to 5.5 thousand sq. m.), Dnipropetrovs’k (+29.2%, to 235.1 thousand sq. m.), Sumy (+24.7%, to 52.3 thousand sq. m.), Ternopil (+24.7%, to 52.3 thousand sq. m.), Sumy (+24.7%, to 52.3 thousand sq. m.), Ternopil (+24.7%, to 52.3 thousand sq. m.), and Ternopil (+24.7%, to 52.3 thousand sq. m.) regions. sq. m), Sumy (+24.7%, to 52.3 thousand sq. m) regions. sq. m), Ternopil (+18.3%, to 216.6 thousand sq. m), Zakarpattia (+17.8%, to 364.2 thousand sq. m), Volyn (+15.2%, to 316.2 thousand sq. m), Zaporizhzhia (+12.4%, to 21.5 thousand sq. m) and Chernivtsi (+6.9%, to 235.7 thousand sq. m) regions. Other regions showed a decrease in the volume of housing commissioned.
The data are given taking into account the housing commissioned in accordance with the temporary procedure for commissioning houses built without a building permit, as well as excluding the territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and part of the territory where hostilities are/were conducted, the State Statistics Service reminds.
As reported, at the end of 2022, the commissioning of housing in Ukraine decreased by 37.8% compared to 2021 – to 7 million 110.2 thousand square meters.
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
Housing commissioning in Ukraine in 2019 increased 26.9% compared to 2018, to 11.029 million square meters. According to the service, the share of commissioning of houses built without permits for construction work and put in operation under temporary commissioning rules was 23.7% (2.622 million square meters).
According to the report, 6.807 million square meters of housing was commissioned in urban areas in 2019, and 4.223 million in rural areas. Some 53% of total volume of housing was commissioned in single-family houses, and 46.9% in houses with two and more apartments.
Over the period, 125,986 apartments were commissioned, including 87,823in urban areas and 38,163 in rural areas. Average area of apartments was 87.5 square meters.
Some 55.4% of housing was commissioned in Kyiv city and region, as well as Lviv, Odesa and Ivano-Frankivsk regions in 2019, in particular in Kyiv city – 1.114 million square meters.
