Building Activity, October 2020

HELLENIC REPUBLIC

HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY

Piraeus, January 18, 2021

PRESS RELEASE

Building Activity Survey: October 2020

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces the provisional data, for the month October 2020, of the Building Activity Survey. More specifically:

• The Total Building Activity (private-public) in Greece, in October 2020 which is calculated on the basis of the number of issued building permits, amounted to 1,780. This figure corresponds to 377.5 thousand m2 of surface and 1,624.7 thousand m3 of volume, reflecting, respectively, a 4.9% decrease in the number of building permits, a 3.5% decrease in surface and a 3.6% decrease in volume, compared with the corresponding month of 2019 (Table 1).
• The building permits for the Private Building Activity issued in Greece in October 2020 amounted to 1,763. This figure corresponds to 358.7 thousand m2 of surface and 1,463.4 thousand m3 of volume. In comparison with the same month of 2019 there is a 5.4% decrease in the number of building permits, a 7.9% decrease in surface and a 13.0% decrease in volume (Table 2).
• The building permits for the Public Building Activity issued in Greece in October 2020 amounted to 17. This figure corresponds to 18.9 thousand m2 of surface and 161.3 thousand m3 of volume. Public Building Activity accounted for 9.9% of the total building volume in October 2020.
• In the last twelve months, from November 2019 until October 2020, Total Building Activity (private-public) in Greece, calculated on the basis of the number of issued building permits, amounted to 19,100. This figure corresponds to 4,110.8 thousand m2 of surface and 17,551.3 thousand m3 of volume. In comparison with the corresponding period from November 2018 until October 2019, there is a 16.1% increase in the number of building permits, a 13.0% increase in surface and an 8.8% increase in volume (Table 3).
• In the same period, from November 2019 until October 2020, Private Building Activity in Greece recorded a 15.9% increase in the number of issued building permits, a 14.3% increase in surface and a 10.5% increase in volume, compared with the corresponding period from November 2018 to October 2019 (Table 4). During the same period, Public Building Activity accounted for 1.9% of the total building volume.
• During the period January - October 2020, Total Building Activity (private-public) in Greece recorded a 13.1% increase in the number of issued building permits, an 11.2% increase in surface and a 7.6% increase in volume, compared with the corresponding period of 2019 (Table 5). During the same period, January - October 2020, Private Building Activity in Greece recorded a 12.7% increase in the number of issued building permits, an 11.4% increase in surface and a 7.6% increase in volume, in comparison with the corresponding period of January - October 2019 (Table 6).

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Table 1. Total Building Activity, by Region (NUTS II), October 2019 and 2020*

				Number of Building Permits		Surface (in thousand m2)		Volume (in thousand m3)
	Region			October			Change		October	Change		October	Change
			2019		2020		(%)		2019		2020		(%)		2019		2020		(%)
	Anatoliki			108			92				-14.8			25.9			34.0		31.3			96.5			207.6		115.2
	Makedonia, Thraki
	Kentriki	281		240		-14.6		49.9		50.1		0.5		229.9		210.5		-8.4
	Makedonia
	Dytiki Makedonia			19			28				47.4			2.8			5.8		110.2			9.3			21.4		129.5
	Thessalia	121		112		-7.4		27.5		22.9		-16.9		137.0		87.3		-36.3
	Ipeiros			64			59				-7.8			14.9			27.5		85.1			49.0			135.3		175.9
	Ionia Nisia	136		115		-15.4		28.9		22.8		-21.3		100.8		70.9		-29.7
	Dytiki Ellada			119			131				10.1			14.2			16.9		19.4			61.0			54.3		-11.0
	Sterea Ellada	106		115		8.5		15.4		34.4		124.1		63.6		212.4		233.9
	Peloponnisos			148			140				-5.4			19.3			21.9		13.5			71.9			71.3		-0.8
	Attiki	371		393		5.9		104.3		89.3		-14.4		548.6		374.1		-31.8
	Voreio Aigaio			33			38				15.2			2.8			6.2		123.6			10.8			23.5		116.5
	Notio Aigaio	187		162		-13.4		42.3		22.2		-47.6		150.6		76.4		-49.3
	Kriti			179			155				-13.4			43.2			23.5		-45.7			157.0			79.7		-49.2
	Greece, Total	1,872		1,780		-4.9		391.3	377.5	-3.5		1,686.2	1,624.7	-3.6

*Provisional data for October 2020.

• It should be noted that the increase or decrease in the number of the issued building permits does not imply, necessarily, an increase or decrease in the underlying surface or volume. This is due to individual building permits involving big surface or volume or to building permits that do not concern surface or volume.
• Any delineation that may occur either between the sum of sub totals and the totals or in the change rates, is due to rounding.

Table 2. Private Building Activity, by Region (NUTS II), October 2019 and 2020*

				Number of Building Permits		Surface (in thousand m2)		Volume (in thousand m3)
	Region			October			Change		October	Change		October	Change
			2019		2020		(%)		2019		2020		(%)		2019		2020		(%)
	Anatoliki			106			88				-17.0			25.8			18.7		-27.7			96.2			65.4		-32.0
	Makedonia, Thraki
	Kentriki	280		238		-15.0		49.9		50.0		0.3		229.9		210.2		-8.6
	Makedonia
	Dytiki Makedonia			19			28				47.4			2.8			5.8		110.2			9.3			21.4		129.5
	Thessalia	120		111		-7.5		26.5		22.9		-13.7		134.6		87.3		-35.2
	Ipeiros			64			59				-7.8			14.9			27.5		85.1			49.0			135.3		175.9
	Ionia Nisia	136		115		-15.4		28.9		22.8		-21.3		100.8		70.9		-29.7
	Dytiki Ellada			119			131				10.1			14.2			16.9		19.4			61.0			54.3		-11.0
	Sterea Ellada	105		114		8.6		15.3		34.4		125.4		63.3		212.4		235.5
	Peloponnisos			148			139				-6.1			19.3			21.9		13.5			71.9			71.3		-0.8
	Attiki	368		387		5.2		103.8		86.3		-16.9		546.8		359.5		-34.3
	Voreio Aigaio			33			37				12.1			2.8			5.9		113.5			10.8			19.5		79.6
	Notio Aigaio	187		162		-13.4		42.3		22.2		-47.6		150.6		76.4		-49.3
	Kriti			179			154				-14.0			43.2			23.4		-45.8			157.0			79.6		-49.3
	Greece, Total	1,864		1,763		-5.4		389.6	358.7	-7.9		1,681.3	1,463.4	-13.0

• Provisional data for October 2020.
• • It should be noted that the increase or decrease in the number of the issued building permits does not imply, necessarily, an increase or decrease in the underlying surface or volume. This is due to individual building permits involving big surface or volume or to building permits that do not concern surface or volume.
  • Any delineation that may occur either between the sum of sub totals and the totals or in the change rates, is due to rounding.

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Table 3. Total Building Activity, by Region (NUTS II), November 2018 - October 2019 and

November 2019 - October 2020*

				Number of Building Permits		Surface (in thousand m2)		Volume (in thousand m3)
	Region		November - October		Change		November - October		Change		November - October		Change
			2018-2019	2019-2020		(%)		2018-2019	2019-2020		(%)		2018-2019		2019-2020		(%)
	Anatoliki			814			995			22.2			179.5			218.8			21.9			705.8			875.7		24.1
	Makedonia, Thraki
	Kentriki	2,436	2,823		15.9		544.1	611.2			12.3		2,868.7	3,015.7	5.1
	Makedonia
	Dytiki Makedonia			217			257			18.4			71.7			63.0			-12.2			479.0			334.4		-30.2
	Thessalia	1,002	1,165		16.3		224.8	274.3			22.0		1,138.1	1,395.5	22.6
	Ipeiros			553			691			25.0			163.0			180.8			10.9			664.5			816.0		22.8
	Ionia Nisia	1,170	1,322		13.0		217.0	248.0			14.3		721.1		817.1		13.3
	Dytiki Ellada			1,021			1,235			21.0			170.1			200.3			17.7			684.5			858.2		25.4
	Sterea Ellada	891	1,046		17.4		143.4		224.4			56.5		777.5		1,309.3	68.4
	Peloponnisos			1,295			1,489			15.0			203.2			227.7			12.0			811.8			852.1		5.0
	Attiki	3,521	3,883		10.3		907.1	1,093.1		20.5		4,317.2	4,534.5	5.0
	Voreio Aigaio			377			444			17.8			48.5			62.1			28.0			196.1			222.3		13.3
	Notio Aigaio	1,718	1,931		12.4		385.4	345.5			-10.3		1,344.4		1,161.3	-13.6
	Kriti			1,443			1,819			26.1			378.6			361.7			-4.5			1,428.2			1,359.3		-4.8
	Greece, Total	16,458	19,100		16.1		3,636.4	4,110.8		13.0		16,137.0	17,551.3	8.8

• Provisional data for October 2020.
• • It should be noted that the increase or decrease in the number of the issued building permits does not imply, necessarily, an increase or decrease in the underlying surface or volume. This is due to individual building permits involving big surface or volume or to building permits that do not concern surface or volume.
  • Any delineation that may occur either between the sum of sub totals and the totals or in the change rates, is due to rounding.

Table 4. Private Building Activity, by Region (NUTS II), November 2018 - October 2019 and

November 2019 - October 2020*

				Number of Building Permits		Surface (in thousand m2)		Volume (in thousand m3)
	Region		November - October		Change		November - October		Change		November - October		Change
			2018-2019	2019-2020		(%)		2018-2019	2019-2020		(%)		2018-2019	2019-2020		(%)
	Anatoliki			809			985			21.8			178.8			202.2			13.1			702.1			726.1			3.4
	Makedonia, Thraki
	Kentriki	2,419	2,805		16.0		529.0	609.0		15.1		2,726.5	3,002.5		10.1
	Makedonia
	Dytiki Makedonia			215			253			17.7			58.5			56.1			-4.1			331.8			302.5			-8.8
	Thessalia	992	1,149		15.8		219.4		270.7			23.4		1,116.1	1,383.3		23.9
	Ipeiros			549			686			25.0			161.9			180.0			11.2			660.1			813.0			23.2
	Ionia Nisia	1,169	1,322		13.1		216.8	248.0		14.4		719.7		817.1			13.5
	Dytiki Ellada			1,014			1,218			20.1			151.1			197.1			30.4			597.9			844.3			41.2
	Sterea Ellada	888	1,037		16.8		142.7		222.4			55.9		775.0		1,301.8		68.0
	Peloponnisos			1,282			1,480			15.4			197.6			226.2			14.5			781.1			846.1			8.3
	Attiki	3,501	3,857		10.2		894.5	1,081.7		20.9		4,257.3	4,480.5		5.2
	Voreio Aigaio			374			440			17.6			47.5			61.5			29.5			190.3			217.0			14.0
	Notio Aigaio	1,713	1,918		12.0		384.7	342.3		-11.0		1,342.2		1,149.4		-14.4
	Kriti			1,432			1,802			25.8			365.5			357.9			-2.1			1,381.2			1,337.5			-3.2
	Greece, Total	16,357	18,952		15.9		3,547.9	4,055.1		14.3		15,581.2	17,221.1		10.5

• Provisional data for October 2020.
• • It should be noted that the increase or decrease in the number of the issued building permits does not imply, necessarily, an increase or decrease in the underlying surface or volume. This is due to individual building permits involving big surface or volume or to building permits that do not concern surface or volume.
  • Any delineation that may occur either between the sum of sub totals and the totals or in the change rates, is due to rounding.

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Table 5. Total Building Activity, by Region, January - October 2019 and 2020*

				Number of Building Permits		Surface (in thousand m2)		Volume (in thousand m3)
	Region		January - October		Change		January - October		Change		January - October		Change
			2019		2020			(%)		2019		2020			(%)		2019		2020			(%)
	Anatoliki			717			803			12.0			161.7			178.8			10.6			643.1			737.9			14.7
	Makedonia, Thraki
	Kentriki	2,012	2,270		12.8		440.2	497.4		13.0		2,354.6		2,412.4		2.5
	Makedonia
	Dytiki Makedonia			182			216			18.7			47.5			46.9			-1.3			266.0			236.6			-11.1
	Thessalia	845	972		15.0		190.2	222.0		16.7		997.0		1,114.8			11.8
	Ipeiros			453			557			23.0			128.8			145.1			12.7			536.5			667.6			24.4
	Ionia Nisia	967	1,047		8.3		161.7	189.2		17.0		532.1		630.3		18.5
	Dytiki Ellada			847			1,013			19.6			142.3			152.4			7.1			578.7			643.8			11.3
	Sterea Ellada	731	859		17.5		113.2	190.7		68.4		617.1		1,153.3			86.9
	Peloponnisos			1,075			1,237			15.1			158.6			194.1			22.4			639.8			718.8			12.4
	Attiki	2,905	3,145		8.3		762.3	890.3		16.8		3,604.4		3,801.2		5.5
	Voreio Aigaio			335			345			3.0			41.3			44.9			8.9			162.3			166.8			2.7
	Notio Aigaio	1,386	1,530		10.4		295.5	255.7		-13.5		1,048.6		842.9			-19.6
	Kriti			1,218			1,471			20.8			296.6			262.3			-11.5			1,139.4			984.7			-13.6
	Greece, Total	13,673	15,465		13.1		2,940.1	3,269.9		11.2		13,119.6	14,111.1		7.6

• Provisional data for October 2020.
• • It should be noted that the increase or decrease in the number of the issued building permits does not imply, necessarily, an increase or decrease in the underlying surface or volume. This is due to individual building permits involving big surface or volume or to building permits that do not concern surface or volume.
  • Any delineation that may occur either between the sum of sub totals and the totals or in the change rates, is due to rounding.

Table 6. Private Building Activity, by Region, January - October 2019 and 2020*

				Number of Building Permits		Surface (in thousand m2)		Volume (in thousand m3)
	Region		January - October		Change		January - October			Change		January - October			Change
			2019		2020			(%)		2019		2020			(%)		2019		2020			(%)
	Anatoliki			712			795			11.7			160.9			163.1				1.3			639.4			594.5				-7.0
	Makedonia, Thraki
	Kentriki	2,002	2,252		12.5		426.6	495.1		16.1		2,218.8		2,399.2		8.1
	Makedonia
	Dytiki Makedonia			181			213			17.7			47.5			44.2				-7.0			266.0			220.2				-17.2
	Thessalia	840	958		14.0		187.0	219.3		17.2		984.8		1,106.4			12.3
	Ipeiros			450			553			22.9			127.8			144.7				13.3			532.3			665.8				25.1
	Ionia Nisia	967	1,047		8.3		161.7	189.2		17.0		532.1		630.3		18.5
	Dytiki Ellada			844			996			18.0			128.7			149.3				16.0			524.3			629.9				20.1
	Sterea Ellada	730	851		16.6		113.1	188.9		67.0		616.8		1,146.3			85.8
	Peloponnisos			1,065			1,229			15.4			155.2			192.6				24.1			623.0			712.9				14.4
	Attiki	2,890	3,122		8.0		753.8	879.8		16.7		3,564.4		3,752.0		5.3
	Voreio Aigaio			334			341			2.1			41.3			44.3				7.4			162.3			161.4				-0.5
	Notio Aigaio	1,383	1,517		9.7		295.3	252.4		-14.5		1,047.7		831.0			-20.7
	Kriti			1,210			1,457			20.4			291.7			258.7				-11.3			1,120.9			963.4				-14.1
	Greece, Total	13,608	15,331		12.7		2,890.7	3,221.6		11.4		12,832.8	13,813.3		7.6

• Provisional data for October 2020.
• • It should be noted that the increase or decrease in the number of the issued building permits does not imply, necessarily, an increase or decrease in the underlying surface or volume. This is due to individual building permits involving big surface or volume or to building permits that do not concern surface or volume.
  • Any delineation that may occur either between the sum of sub totals and the totals or in the change rates, is due to rounding.

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