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Construction production in July 2024

Last update: 11.09.2024
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Publisher: Statistical Office of the SR
Topic: Sectoral statistics
Domain: Construction
Publish Date: 11.09.2024

The decline in the construction industry did not stop, especially new construction continued to lag behind

In July 2024, construction production decreased by more than 4% year-on-year. Its lagging behind was mainly due to the continuing decline in new construction. From the perspective of the type of construction, the construction of buildings and works on engineering constructions did not prosper. Compared to last year, Slovak builders fared better abroad.

Construction production1) in July 2024 amounted to EUR 644.7 million. It lagged behind last year for the third consecutive month, currently by 4.1%2), which corresponded to the second lowest decrease out of six this year. After seasonal adjustment, construction production decreased by 1.6% month-on-month.

From the structure of construction production, the dominant new construction3) decreased year-on-year by 7.1%, the decline in dynamics was maintained for the third month in a row. The smallest component - other construction works - dropped by more than 40%. On the contrary, repairs and maintenance of buildings increased by 5.1%. Domestic construction production represented almost 89% of the total output of the construction industry.

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Broken down by construction type, building construction slowed down by 3.9% year-on-year, works on engineering constructions, including highway construction, dropped by more than 9%.

Compared to last year, the Slovak construction companies abroad were more successful. Their production rose by double digits for the fourth consecutive month, currently by 13.1%. Its share in total production was 11%.

In total, for the seven months of 2024, construction production represented a volume of almost EUR 3.8 billion and it was lower by 4.3%, year-on-year. Not a single component of domestic production reached last year's level. The dominant new exhibition decreased by 6.3%, repairs and maintenance by 1.2% and other construction works by almost a fifth.

In terms of the production focus, construction output from building construction slowed by 3.4%, works on engineering constructions decreased by 10.6%.

Since the beginning of this year, the volume of construction works abroad increased by 7.4% year-on-year.


  • 1) construction output includes the volume of work realized by own employees, including estimation of output for self-employed persons and construction establishments of non-construction enterprises, absolute data are at current pric-es
  • 2) the indices are at constant prices (average of 2021) and are preliminary, for May they were updated in accordance with the planned revisions for short-term statistics, according to which they are back adjusted according to the final price indices
  • 3) new construction - construction including renewals and enhancements

Data source: DATAcube. database

Outputs on the topic of construction production:

Monthly data on construction production are released monthly within 40 days after the end of the reference period, absolute data as well as indices re preliminary and they are adjusted quarterly, in the month after the end of the quarter. More in the Methodology.

Extended monthly data in a more detailed structure on the subject of construction production are available in section 4. Industry statistics/4.3.1 Construction production and sales.

Year-round data on the development of the construction industry are in the DATAcube database. in chapter 4.3-Construction and also in the publication Yearbook of Construction in SR 2023, which can be found in the Catalogue of publications.

The Statistical Office of the SR releases the chart „Structure of the construction production in 2023", which illustratively presents the structure of the sectoral production (Section F SK NACE). The chart is compiled from preliminary data for 12 months of 2023.

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