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Building and dwelling production

Statistics on building and dwelling production describe the volume of construction subject to building permits from the view of the end product. The volume index of newbuilding describes changes in value at constant prices of newbuilding compared with the base year of the index. The data are collected from various registers and published monthly.

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Cubic volume of granted building permits decreased further in September to November 2022 from one year ago

According to Statistics Finland, building permits for newbuilding were granted for a total of 7.1 million cubic metres in September to November 2022, which was 35 per cent less than one year ago. Twenty-two per cent fewer building permits for residential building projects were granted than one year ago. In September to November, 21 per cent fewer building projects were started than one year earlier.

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25.01.2023

Granted building permits and building starts, moving annual total

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Building permits 45,411,453 44,856,257 44,282,021 45,285,302 45,343,304 45,071,030 45,129,193 43,982,104 43,390,172 43,578,444 42,582,186 42,541,304 42,478,707 42,252,932 42,076,796 42,880,934 42,496,786 42,121,978 42,262,285 42,012,783 42,720,811 42,793,157 42,876,198 42,084,412 42,040,634 41,486,370 41,616,586 40,740,208 40,200,516 40,331,335 40,911,851 40,976,423 41,030,870 41,004,434 41,522,302 43,048,329 42,960,978 42,550,125 42,645,005 42,665,466 42,983,898 44,308,074 43,896,880 43,666,662 44,157,648 43,644,027 43,494,605 43,507,473 45,536,878 46,595,278 46,988,513 46,968,593 48,354,771 47,797,292 47,871,943 48,512,572 48,382,296 48,636,637 48,662,438 47,991,187 46,753,269 47,660,248 47,842,533 46,937,821 46,291,517 47,162,043 47,253,152 48,324,302 49,514,394 50,454,650 51,624,198 52,452,069 53,022,424 52,692,575 54,021,264 55,438,640 56,951,275 57,628,038 57,779,344 57,780,880 57,118,517 57,900,300 57,443,196 57,387,774 57,857,493 57,568,083 56,070,843 56,078,741 54,099,245 52,606,105 52,132,916 50,827,045 50,417,444 49,200,639 48,546,688 49,193,639 47,479,831 46,278,056 45,715,348 44,403,381 43,150,896 41,790,578 41,255,239 40,420,633 40,770,599 40,638,324 42,229,075 42,486,280 43,241,388 43,723,543 44,254,855 43,486,142 44,199,885 44,469,056 44,751,654 45,272,409 44,286,335 44,178,785 43,277,995 41,956,167 41,525,897 41,940,324 41,976,649 42,759,219 43,145,104 46,051,598 45,828,322 46,477,198 46,927,635 46,736,411 46,116,994 45,753,012 45,348,147 44,561,267 43,865,117 43,049,041 42,053,510 40,350,637 40,688,825 40,206,100 40,461,804 41,098,142 40,968,776 40,681,879 40,803,474 40,905,037 40,201,986 41,479,854 41,581,606 40,049,093 40,296,409 39,417,271 37,924,773 37,189,869 37,770,981 38,966,870 38,920,512 38,438,936 38,962,338 39,344,732 38,693,278 38,356,045 37,350,358 37,210,932 37,288,067 37,392,709 36,134,308 35,328,307 34,758,313 34,765,531 36,860,848 34,730,356 33,938,620 34,653,935 35,403,959 36,344,432 37,691,699 36,844,503 37,787,613 37,810,311 38,357,567 39,396,771 37,430,119 39,051,796 41,251,251 41,108,765 40,818,292 40,136,614 38,771,221 40,209,734 41,387,489 41,739,667 42,119,877 42,344,974 43,067,101 43,289,395 43,400,057 43,340,579 42,731,910 43,093,179 43,960,106 43,491,374 43,143,183 43,179,048 43,277,508 43,247,542 42,542,308 43,084,896 42,749,862 43,320,249 44,117,435 44,122,119 42,959,195 43,127,632 42,739,087 43,178,844 44,229,480 43,806,790 43,843,719 43,050,983 42,947,113 44,090,543 44,024,479 44,270,948 45,607,486 45,300,083 45,869,438 45,004,399 43,815,404 43,674,909 44,052,939 44,207,008 42,439,169 41,086,853 41,083,124 40,508,368 40,306,362 41,121,498 40,190,834 40,895,811 41,200,502 41,472,090 42,535,093 43,081,584 44,897,597 44,889,305 44,944,279 44,579,130 44,358,911 44,824,606 44,882,943 44,612,081 44,152,436 44,644,603 43,892,733 42,499,299 41,061,291 39,818,798 39,006,575 41,024,121 40,076,101 37,733,060 37,205,993
Building starts 45,262,050 44,983,746 45,023,436 45,619,778 45,080,446 44,849,818 44,978,120 44,902,205 43,060,831 42,409,354 41,933,997 41,677,491 40,933,466 41,002,198 40,539,598 39,369,240 39,436,724 38,896,997 39,024,009 38,525,716 40,043,196 40,168,071 39,341,110 39,385,831 39,357,816 39,571,137 39,824,304 39,576,259 39,807,130 40,346,687 39,710,977 39,836,515 39,613,298 39,842,465 40,385,464 40,517,348 40,987,354 41,188,395 41,260,227 41,203,219 42,015,428 41,794,997 42,287,866 43,678,131 42,672,236 42,014,423 42,907,634 43,349,385 42,768,227 42,405,303 43,118,105 44,406,652 44,278,143 45,726,004 45,793,962 45,047,441 46,725,509 47,346,116 46,721,611 46,254,371 47,141,218 46,773,910 47,183,773 46,134,498 46,374,911 46,417,573 45,862,804 47,435,608 46,799,504 47,058,501 47,806,493 48,620,339 49,039,275 49,420,468 49,974,985 52,317,968 52,425,520 52,557,607 53,267,502 53,448,778 54,134,142 55,498,977 55,730,370 56,175,729 56,913,617 57,263,873 55,909,626 54,499,380 53,618,048 52,364,840 51,973,206 50,512,364 49,608,481 47,582,324 46,560,829 46,007,615 43,834,386 43,099,776 42,369,704 40,582,179 38,621,528 37,172,767 36,365,621 34,910,682 34,455,064 34,537,698 34,760,723 34,695,629 35,793,370 36,095,026 36,023,300 37,490,010 40,446,473 41,904,204 41,867,219 42,517,692 43,093,730 42,907,401 43,398,619 43,259,494 42,613,080 42,156,388 42,840,684 42,765,150 42,178,137 42,373,151 42,237,235 42,834,435 42,618,331 42,715,263 42,621,163 42,249,436 41,940,898 41,879,916 42,173,561 41,383,233 40,055,846 39,741,328 39,711,793 39,192,538 39,396,872 39,538,576 39,055,038 38,594,748 38,846,118 38,846,986 38,117,211 38,044,951 37,982,502 38,311,059 38,386,428 37,981,278 36,580,713 36,353,200 35,620,621 35,910,740 36,180,426 37,221,884 37,357,827 37,517,399 36,722,983 35,063,083 34,445,271 33,993,488 33,791,499 33,748,074 33,472,134 33,355,476 33,610,240 32,704,891 32,989,265 32,518,129 31,744,237 31,004,670 31,327,194 32,383,315 32,726,468 32,338,039 33,322,356 33,752,853 33,239,110 33,826,073 33,962,713 34,084,636 34,548,291 35,619,899 35,437,469 35,594,911 36,755,832 37,266,944 36,905,321 37,856,317 38,000,205 39,107,653 39,723,754 39,406,925 39,616,557 40,257,673 41,054,352 41,651,089 41,098,017 40,945,113 40,872,087 40,974,017 41,718,638 41,575,947 40,891,372 40,587,463 41,361,997 41,658,506 40,805,303 39,937,610 39,739,286 40,134,777 40,154,794 39,463,582 38,872,998 37,379,796 37,713,480 38,521,346 38,562,646 38,107,798 38,355,477 38,923,596 38,595,268 38,213,103 39,137,811 38,451,978 38,661,512 39,232,852 39,463,657 39,735,049 38,713,174 38,226,030 38,124,808 36,644,512 37,240,591 38,081,807 37,977,742 38,632,532 38,363,551 38,362,744 38,683,096 39,220,440 40,230,667 40,612,817 40,833,070 42,720,572 43,086,349 42,806,340 43,972,756 44,231,613 44,065,025 44,185,859 44,145,328 42,502,563 42,573,255 42,496,895 41,563,272 40,106,101 38,985,733 38,974,074 37,443,735

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Total	114.0	104.3	97.9	95.7	100.4	106.1	110.1	112.7	116.5	119.1	119.2	114.7	109.9	103.0	96.0	96.2	102.5	107.7	111.8	114.6	118.5	120.4	119.2	113.6	108.7	102.0	94.8	95.1	100.3	106.2	110.6	113.9	119.8	126.8	129.2	127.2	121.2	112.3	104.9	103.5	109.7	114.5	117.0	120.8	124.7	127.7	130.0	128.0	120.4	113.0	105.7	105.7	111.0	117.8	121.9	126.8	133.1	139.3	141.5	139.6	134.1	123.7	116.6	113.0	118.1	123.9	126.7	130.1	135.7	139.4	142.9	140.9	133.7	124.2	119.8	120.7	126.6	131.7	134.4	140.2	146.2	151.3	154.5	153.0	146.8	139.0	132.0	131.5	135.8	138.5	138.8	142.4	146.1	148.5	145.7	141.7	134.8	123.6	116.5	111.1	111.8	112.1	110.9	109.5	111.9	114.9	113.0	109.8	107.9	103.4	100.5	102.5	110.2	115.9	118.0	122.3	128.0	132.5	134.4	131.6	125.9	118.3	115.0	115.0	120.1	123.9	125.4	125.9	132.2	139.9	143.7	139.1	132.2	123.6	117.1	115.3	120.0	120.3	120.8	122.6	124.0	127.7	129.2	125.5	121.5	112.1	108.3	103.2	107.8	112.8	114.8	117.5	118.8	122.3	122.2	118.3	115.2	107.8	101.8	100.2	100.9	103.2	103.6	103.4	105.3	107.2	107.9	104.3	102.2	97.3	94.1	93.2	94.4	96.3	96.6	100.3	104.7	107.3	107.1	106.4	106.0	102.1	98.0	98.6	103.4	109.8	109.9	115.9	118.8	122.9	122.7	120.4	116.9	114.6	111.7	110.2	114.2	118.4	119.5	124.1	126.3	129.6	132.1	131.4	131.5	128.0	124.6	124.5	127.3	129.7	130.3	133.4	135.4	137.8	140.3	137.4	133.4	128.4	127.2	126.1	125.8	126.2	126.1	129.4	129.8	130.6	129.8	128.2	124.6	120.2	121.2	119.2	119.2	120.1	119.6	116.7	121.1	123.1	121.8	119.0	116.6	113.9	112.3	114.9	120.4	124.7	128.4	130.0	133.1	136.8	138.9	136.2	133.9	128.9	127.0	126.3	125.7	129.5	128.7	128.4	128.6	128.5	126.2
01 Residential buildings	131.2	115.3	101.8	95.2	92.5	90.2	90.7	94.2	98.2	104.1	112.3	115.1	110.1	101.5	92.2	89.4	90.9	91.3	94.3	97.7	103.4	109.9	118.5	121.3	118.0	108.4	98.3	95.5	96.1	97.9	99.6	105.5	116.8	128.8	140.8	146.9	142.1	129.6	120.6	115.9	118.2	119.5	118.7	123.3	129.7	140.4	151.4	155.7	148.4	135.3	123.1	119.5	120.5	119.0	120.0	125.2	133.7	147.7	160.9	167.0	160.8	145.7	134.3	128.4	129.5	128.5	127.3	132.8	140.5	150.2	163.5	170.0	164.8	150.9	139.0	134.1	130.1	126.6	124.7	126.6	133.2	142.3	153.3	157.8	151.0	138.3	125.1	118.7	115.7	111.3	106.4	105.8	109.8	114.9	120.1	121.9	115.9	104.9	94.7	85.2	78.7	75.6	71.5	72.8	78.1	87.3	96.6	104.7	106.3	103.2	101.6	106.3	111.4	115.0	113.9	118.7	126.9	140.5	150.7	152.9	149.9	139.8	132.6	129.6	130.1	126.7	122.0	122.6	130.9	143.8	155.4	158.8	153.5	141.7	130.7	126.2	125.2	118.6	115.0	114.8	121.2	130.0	139.1	143.5	140.1	130.2	122.7	115.0	114.4	112.0	110.2	110.2	114.9	119.4	125.9	127.5	124.2	116.1	107.5	100.7	96.9	94.3	92.5	91.5	96.3	104.2	107.1	109.6	107.6	102.0	98.0	93.2	91.8	91.5	89.8	93.1	98.8	107.3	111.3	115.6	116.9	112.9	110.9	111.3	112.6	113.1	110.6	115.5	118.5	125.9	130.3	132.0	131.4	127.3	124.1	121.2	121.1	119.8	117.9	123.6	130.7	136.4	142.3	142.8	145.9	142.3	140.4	139.7	139.0	137.1	134.1	135.5	139.0	145.2	149.4	147.2	144.5	139.4	136.3	133.2	128.3	120.7	118.4	119.9	122.5	126.5	131.3	130.2	129.3	124.2	124.0	121.4	117.9	115.7	113.5	111.6	114.1	116.9	118.7	118.9	120.9	121.0	122.1	124.6	126.1	128.6	130.1	130.8	135.0	139.7	145.9	147.4	148.0	145.1	142.8	140.4	138.3	139.6	137.0	135.0	134.2	135.5	133.4