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 New orders in construction and public index (Taxa de variação trimestral - Base 2015 - %)
Characteristic Description
Name New orders in construction and public index (Taxa de variação trimestral - Base 2015 - %) by Type of project; Quarterly
Regularity Quarterly
Source Statistics Portugal, New orders in construction and public works index (Base 2015)
First available period 1st Quarter 2011
Last available period 4th Quarter 2016
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Quarter)
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Type of project (CC-PT)
Concepts
  • CONSTRUCTION:  A type of work (buildings, roads, bridges, dams,etc.) connected to the ground and made of construction materials. Ground workfor agricultural purposes (e.g. ploughing) does not fall under the heading of construction.
  • ENTERPRISE:  Legal entity (natural or legal person) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations.
  • TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK:  The denomination of works carried out in buildings or plots of land (new construction, enlargements, conversions, refurbishment, demolition, transformation and urbanisation).
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 20/02/2017


information presented in 5/11/2025