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Published: 2 December 2020

Corrected release 08/2020: Building costs fell by 1.2 per cent in August year-on-year

Data of the building cost index has been corrected from May 2020 to October 2020. Further information in this newsletter .

According to Statistics Finland, building costs fell by 1.2 per cent in August 2020 compared with the previous year's August. Labour costs fell by 2,3 per cent and the prices of materials by 0,6 per cent from one year ago. The prices of services rose by 0.1 per cent compared with August of the previous year.

Long term development of the Building Cost Index

Long term development of the Building Cost Index

From July to August, the total index of building costs fell by 0.5 per cent. Labour costs went down by 0.9 per cent. The prices of materials and services both fell by 0.3 per cent.

Building cost index 2015=100, August 2020

Professional construction of new buildings Weights Index Monthly change, % Annual change, %
Total index   1000 103.1 -0.5 -1.2
By type of cost Labour inputs 400 101.0 -0.9 -2.3
Materials 510 104.8 -0.3 -0.6
Services 90 102.5 -0.3 0.1
By purpose of use Residential building 440 103.1 -0.5 -1.3
Other building construction 560 103.0 -0.6 -1.1

Source: Building cost index, Statistics Finland

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Updated 02.12.2020

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Building cost index [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5841. August 2020. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/rki/2020/08/rki_2020_08_2020-12-02_tie_001_en.html