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Published: 15 February 2016

Building costs increased slightly in January year-on-year

Corrected on 15 February 2016. The correction is indicated in red.

According to Statistics Finland, building costs decreased by 0.2 per cent in January 2016. The prices of labour inputs in construction increased by 0.8 per cent. The prices of materials went down by 0.6 per cent and the prices of services by 1.9 per cent from one year ago.

Long term development of the Building Cost Index

Long term development of the Building Cost Index
From December to January, the total index of building costs remained nearly unchanged. Prices of labour inputs rose by 0.4 per cent and prices of materials went down slightly. The prices of services fell by 1.5 per cent from the previous month.

Building cost index 2015=100, January 2016

Professional construction of new buildings Weights Index Monthly change, % Annual change, %
Total index   1000 99,9 -0,0 -0,2
By type of cost Labour inputs 400 100,9 0,4 0,8
Materials 510 99,4 -0,1 -0,6
Services 90 98,6 -1,5 -1,9
By purpose of use Residential building 440 99,9 -0,0 -0,2
Other building construction 560 99,9 -0,0 -0,2

The Building Cost Index was renewed

The Building Cost Index has been renewed and the year 2015 has been adopted as the base year. In the renewal, the weight structures of the index were updated to correspond with the input-cost distribution in current building construction. The commodity sample has been updated to correspond with new constructional regulations. The sample of enterprises was expanded slightly due to new product price data that are collected. In terms of service headings, the data of the producer price index for services are primarily used. The new published index, the total index of residential building construction covers both newbuilding and renovation building. The agricultural buildings index and the renovation indices are removed from calculation.


Source: Building cost index. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Jose Lahtinen 029 551 3776, Merja Järvinen 029 551 2458, rakennus.indeksit@stat.fi

Director in charge: Mari Ylä-Jarkko

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Updated 15.02.2016

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Building cost index [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5841. January 2016. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/rki/2016/01/rki_2016_01_2016-02-15_tie_001_en.html