Revisions in these statistics

The data of the statistics have become revised according to the table below. For more information about data revisions, see Section 3 of the quality description (only in Finnish).

Revisions to annual changes in working day adjusted turnover in sectors of construction ¹⁾

Industry / Reference period		Year-on-year change, %		Revision, percentage point
Industry / Reference period		1st release	Latest release (2020-08-12)
F Construction	01/2020	6.7	8.3	1.6
	02/2020	5.9	9.1	3.2
	03/2020	4.6	7.4	2.8
	04/2020	3.8	5.7	1.9
	05/2020	6.5	5.1	-1.4
41 Construction of buildings	01/2020	6.3	8.6	2.3
	02/2020	8.4	14.2	5.8
	03/2020	5.8	6.4	0.6
	04/2020	8.3	8.8	0.5
	05/2020	11.6	7.9	-3.7
42 Civil engineering	01/2020	9.5	15.5	6.0
	02/2020	22.4	18.5	-3.9
	03/2020	11.7	14.7	3.0
	04/2020	5.8	5.8	0.0
	05/2020	10.6	9.0	-1.6
43 Specialised construction activities	01/2020	6.9	6.6	-0.3
	02/2020	3.4	5.6	2.2
	03/2020	1.1	6.4	5.3
	04/2020	-2.3	1.8	4.1
	05/2020	-0.6	0.6	1.2

1) The 1st release refers to the time when data for the reference period were released for the first time. The revision describes the difference of annual change percentages between the first and latest release.

Revisions to long-term annual changes in working-day adjusted turnover in sectors of construction

Industry/Year		Average ¹⁾	Average for absolute values ²⁾
F Construction	2016	-1.2	1.2
	2017	-1.5	1.5
	2018	-0.6	1.2
41 Construction of buildings	2016	-1.2	1.2
	2017	-1.9	1.9
	2018	-0.4	1.8
42 Civil engineering	2016	0.1	2.5
	2017	-0.4	2.3
	2018	-3.6	3.6
43 Specialised construction activities	2016	-1.9	1.9
	2017	-1.6	1.6
	2018	-0.2	1.0

1) The average have been calculated upon completion of the data for the first and last release months in the statistical reference year, when the official structural business and financial statement statistics are also published.
2) The average have been calculated from the absolute values of differences between the first and last release months in the statistical reference year, when the official structural business and financial statement statistics are also published.

Source: Index of turnover of construction, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Liina Arhosalo 029 551 3612, rakennus.suhdanne@stat.fi

Director in charge: Mari Yl�-Jarkko

Updated 12.8.2020

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Index of turnover of construction [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-5935. June 2020, Revisions in these statistics . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 6.11.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/rlv/2020/06/rlv_2020_06_2020-08-12_rev_001_en.html