Portugal: Building permits
(measure: building permits, source: Statistics Portugal)
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Building permits in Portugal, July, 2020:
The data series span the period from January 2007 to July 2020.
During that time, the average value for Portugal was
2029 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 2142, a change of 12.92% from the previous data point of
1897 building permits and a change of 2.88% from a year ago when the level was
2082 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.
Select indicator
* 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.