Analytics, Construction, Latvia, Statistics

In April, the average level of construction costs was mostly affected by an increase in labour remuneration to workers carrying out finishing works (roofers, plasterers, sanitary technicians and others), as well as to auxiliary workers of road building and construction of artificial structures.

Compared to April 2018, construction costs rose by 4.2%. Labour remuneration of workers grew by 8.1%, prices of building materials and maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment – by 3.2%.

In 2019, the data on prices of construction resources were provided by approximately 200 construction enterprises and more than 50 trade enterprises. When calculating the Construction Cost Index, the prices of building materials submitted by enterprises for the calculation of producer price indices in industry and import price index are also used.

The sample includes construction enterprises with the highest value of own account construction works in 2018. The share of enterprises with the value of own account construction work exceeding EUR 1 million per year accounted for 87%, in 36% of which the value of own account construction work exceeded EUR 5 mln per year. The criterion for the sample of trade enterprises is their turnover and specialization.

Information on changes of construction costs in May 2019 will be published on 28 June.