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Published: 14 February 2020

Building costs rose by 0.6 per cent in January year-on-year

According to Statistics Finland, building costs rose by 0.6 per cent in January 2020 from one year back. Labour costs went up by 1.8 per cent and the prices of services by 1.4 per cent compared with January 2019. The prices of materials fell by 0.4 per cent from one year ago.

Long term development of the Building Cost Index

In January, the total index of building costs rose by 0.2 per cent from the previous month. The prices of services went up by 0.7 per cent in a month and those of materials by 0.2 per cent. The labour costs remained on level with December.

Building cost index 2015=100, January 2020

Professional construction of new buildings		Weights	Index	Monthly change, %	Annual change, %
Total index		1000	104.5	0.2	0.6
By type of cost	Labour inputs	400	104.2	0.0	1.8
	Materials	510	104.8	0.2	-0.4
	Services	90	103.9	0.7	1.4
By purpose of use	Residential building	440	104.6	0.1	0.4
	Other building construction	560	104.4	0.2	0.8

Source: Building cost index, Statistics Finland

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• Appendix table 1. Input indices 2015=100, January 2020 (14.2.2020)
• Appendix table 2. Residential building 2015=100, January 2020 (14.2.2020)

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• Appendix figure 1. Input indices 2015=100, largest annual changes, per cent (14.2.2020)
• Appendix figure 2. Index clause sub-indices P 2000=100 (14.2.2020)

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Updated 14.2.2020