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In May, construction costs in Latvia rose by 1.4% y-o-y

Ļubova Ņemsadze, Statistics Latvia, Riga, 29.06.2020.Print version
Data of the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) show that, compared to April, in May 2020, the level of construction costs in Latvia increased by 0.1%. Labour remuneration of workers rose by 1.4%, maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment – by 0.1%, but prices of building materials – reduced by 0.5%.

In May, the average level of construction costs was mostly affected by an increase in labour remuneration to auxiliary workers of road building and construction of artificial structures. Reduction in asphalt concrete and dolomite breakstone prices had decreasing impact.

Compared to May 2019, construction costs rose by 1.4%. Labour remuneration of workers rose by 7.4%, maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment – by 0.5%, but prices of building materials – fell by 0.8%.In 2020, 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. Additionally, registered consumer prices of building materials are used in calculations.



The sample includes construction enterprises with the highest value of own account construction works in 2019. The share of enterprises with the value of own account construction work exceeding EUR 1 million per year accounted for 90%, in 36% of which the value of own account construction work exceeded EUR 5 million per year. The criterion for the sample of trade enterprises is their turnover and specialisation.

Information on changes of construction costs in June 2020 will be published on 27 July.


Report on prices of construction resources for May were submitted by 97.6% enterprises; the volume and quality of the data submitted does not differ significantly from previous periods. Overall index of construction costs in May corresponds to statistical basic principles and general quality criteria.


More information on construction cost indices in Latvia is available in the CSB database section "Producer prices – Metadata".






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