Residential construction up in Poland in May

Builders in Poland completed 3.8 percent more homes in the first five months of this year than in the same period in 2021, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) has reported.

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Around 91,200 housing units were completed nationwide between the start of January and the end of May, the office said on Wednesday.

It added that the number of housing starts in January, February, March, April and May, at around 95,700 in total, was 19.5 percent lower than in the same period last year.

According to the preliminary data, 91.2 thousand #dwellings were completed in the period of January-May 2022, i.e. by 3.8% more than in the same period of 2021. https://t.co/gl7cxVVHsQ #StatisticsPoland #statistics #ResidentialConstruction #construction #home pic.twitter.com/VQQ2741iEd

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) June 22, 2022

Meanwhile, overall output in Poland’s construction-and-assembly sector increased by 13 percent in May in year-on-year terms, while rising 14.2 percent month on month, the state-run statistics agency also reported.

According to preliminary data #construction and assembly #production (in constant prices) in May 2022 was by 13.0% higher YoY and by 14.2% higher compared with April 2022. https://t.co/gQWmeLw6UT#StatisticsPoland #statistics #ConstructionWorks pic.twitter.com/akEAdrlXuI

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) June 22, 2022

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, almost 235,000 new homes were completed in Poland last year, 6.3 percent more than in 2020, the Central Statistical Office reported earlier this year.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl