Construction Industry Data Brief

Last updated: 21 June 2021

Construction Industry
Gross Output, US

Real Estate Under
Construction, China

New Residential
Houses Sold, US

Housing Starts, US

Building Permits, EuroArea

1.88.2

863.0

1,661

116.1

+5.5%

trillion US$, in 2020Q4+10.5%

bln m2, in Apr 2021

+48.3%thousands, in Apr 2021

Year-over-year growth rate |+4.7%

thousands, in Dec 2020

-8.5%

Index, in Feb 2021

Building Permits, US

157.9+64.6%

thousands, in Apr 2021

Link to a resource | Source name | Data frequency (annual, monthly) | Available time period

DemandCosts

US Building Permits| CB | A | 1999-2020

Construction Spending

EU Building Permits| Eurostat | M | 1994-2021

Construction Cost

Number of new housing units authorized by building permits.

M2 of useful floor area and number of dwellings authorized by building permits in the EU.

Dubai Building Statistics| DSC | A | 1993-2020

Building permits issued on new buildings and additions and amendments in Dubai.

Oman Housing| NCSI | A,M | 1989-2021

Building permits issued by type utilization: total, residential, agricultural, etc.

China Real Estate| NBS-CN | M | 2000-2021

Floor space of real estate started this year, under construction, and completed.

Main Economic Indicators| Eurostat | M | 1980-2021

Construction cost index (labor and materials) of new residential buildings in the EU.

Producer Price Index| Eurostat | M | 1976-2021

PPI of manufacturing of bricks, cement, concrete, and other building materials in Europe.

US PPI| BLS | A,M | 1913-2021

PPI of construction materials, construction machinery and other construction items.

Doing Business Indicators| WB | A | 2004-2020

Country ranking by costs of dealing with construction permits.

| OECD | A,Q,M | 1955-2021

Building permits and construction work started in OECD and non-OECD economies.

US Construction| CB | A,M | 1993-2021

Monthly estimates of the total dollar value of construction work done in the US.

| CB | A,M | 1959-2021

New privately-owned housing units authorized, started, and completed by regions.

Production
National Accounts| UNSD | A | 1970-2019

Country Overview| UNECE | A | 1990-2020

China Construction| NBS-CN | Q | 2003-2021

Gross value added in construction sector in different countries.

US Housing Market

Key indicators of the US housing market: home ownership and vacancy
rates, mortgage, housing starts, building permits, house prices, and more.

Gross value added and employment in construction in European countries.
Gross output value of construction in China by work type.

Labor and Capital Input

US Value Added| BEA | A,Q | 1997-2020

Employment| ILO | A,Q,M | 1947-2021

Construction value added, gross output and contribution to GDP growth in the US.

Labor Input| Eurostat | M | 1995-2021

Volume index of production in construction in European countries.

Number of employees in construction industry by sex in different countries.
Persons employed, hours worked, and gross wages and salaries in construction in the EU.

US Current Employment

China Construction| Eurostat | M | 1990-2021| NBS-CN | Q | 2004-2021

Value from contracts signed by construction enterprises in China.

| BLS | A,M | 1939-2021

Employment, weekly hours, and hourly earnings in construction sector in the US.

Market Outlook

Production in Construction

China Buildings| NBS-CN | Q | 2004-2021

Value of buildings completed by construction enterprises in China by type of buildings.

| EUROFER | A,Q | 2013-2022

EU macro-economic overview including investments in construction forecast.

Macro-Economic DB| EC | A | 1960-2022

Gross fixed capital formation, compensation in construction industry.

Environmental Effects

US Employment

Energy Statistics| UNSD | A | 1990-2019

Waste Generation| OECD | A | 1980-2019| BLS | A | 2009-2029

Consumption of various types of energy in construction in different countries.

Employment and output growth projections in the US by industry.

Waste generation in different sectors including construction.

Corporate Data

Environmental Taxes

Public Companies| Eurostat | A | 1995-2019| Forbes | A | 2010-2021

Pollution , energy, resource, and transport taxes paid in construction sector in the EU.

| Inc | A | 2007-2020

CO2 emissions produced in different sectors including buildings around the world.

Assets, sales, profits, and market value of world’s biggest construction companies.

5000 US Companies

Revenue and revenue growth of the fastest growing construction companies in the US.

GHG Emissions| EDGAR | A | 1970-2019

Construction Recovery Rate

| Eurostat | A | 2010 -2018

Share of construction and demolition waste prepared for re-use in Europe.

Property Prices
Property Prices| BIS | A,SA,Q,M | 1819-2021

Residential and commercial property prices for 60 countries from national central banks.

House Price Index| Eurostat | Q | 2005-2020

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House prices for new and existing dwellings in European countries.

House Price Indicators

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| OECD | A,Q | 1956-2021

Rent prices index, price to income ratio and other indicators for different countries.

Owner OccupiersContact us| Eurostat | Q | 2005-2020

Prices of dwellings that were purchased for own-use by owners occupiers in Europe.

Sources referenced and acronyms used:
BEA - U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, BIS - Bank for International Settlements, BLS - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CB - U.S. Census Bureau, DSC - Dubai Statistics
Centre, EC - European Commission, EDGAR - Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research, EIA - U.S. Energy Information Administration, EUROFER - The European Steel Association,Eurostat, Forbes, ILO – International Labor Organization, Inc - American weekly magazine which publishes about small businesses and startups, NBS-CN - National Bureau of Statistics ofChina, NCSI - National Centre for Statistics and Information of Oman, OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, UNECE - United Nations Economic Commission forEurope, UNSD - United Nations Statistics Division.