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Latest publication: Building cost index 2021, January
Published: 15 March 2016
Building costs remained on level with the previous year in February
According to Statistics Finland, building costs remained in February 2016 at the same level as in the year before. The prices of labour inputs in construction increased by 0.8 per cent. The prices of materials went down by 0.3 per cent and the prices of services by 2.2 per cent year-on-year.
Long term development of the Building Cost Index

From January to February, the total index of building costs rose by 0.2 per cent. The prices of labour inputs went up by 0.1 per cent and the prices of materials by 0.3 per cent. The prices of services fell by 0.2 per cent from the previous month.
Building cost index 2015=100, February 2016
Professional construction of new buildings | Weights | Index | Monthly change, % | Annual change, % | |
Total index | 1000 | 100,1 | 0,2 | 0,0 | |
By type of cost | Labour inputs | 400 | 100,9 | 0,1 | 0,8 |
Materials | 510 | 99,7 | 0,3 | -0,3 | |
Services | 90 | 98,4 | -0,2 | -2,2 | |
By purpose of use | Residential building | 440 | 100,1 | 0,1 | 0,0 |
Other building construction | 560 | 100,1 | 0,2 | 0,0 |
Source: Building cost index. Statistics Finland
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Updated 15.03.2016
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Building cost index [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-5841. February 2016. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 25.2.2021].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/rki/2016/02/rki_2016_02_2016-03-15_tie_001_en.html