
Portugal: Building permits
(measure: building permits, source: Statistics Portugal)
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Building permits in Portugal, November, 2020:
The data series span the period from January 2007 to November 2020.
During that time, the average value for Portugal was
2028 building permits with a minumum of 1051 building permits
in August 2015 and a maximum of 4835 building permits in January 2007.
The latest number is 1867, a change of -12.68% from the previous data point of
2138 building permits and a change of 3.72% from a year ago when the level was
1800 building permits.
The number of building permits is considered a leading macroeconomic indicator as it typically grows a few months ahead of an economic expansion and declines a few months before an economic slowdown. See more information about that indicator on our Building permits page.
The number of building permits is considered a leading macroeconomic indicator as it typically grows a few months ahead of an economic expansion and declines a few months before an economic slowdown. See more information about that indicator on our Building permits page.
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Measure: building permits
Source: Statistics Portugal
Source: Statistics Portugal
Definition: Building permits are authorizations granted by a government or another regulatory body before the construction of a new building can legally occur.