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 Confidence indicator (Balance) for construction
Characteristic Description
Name Confidence indicator (Balance) for construction by Economic activity (Division - CAE Rev. 3); Monthly - 0000147
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Short-term statistics on business - construction and public works survey
First available period April 1997
Last available period March 2026
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Economic activity (Division - CAE Rev. 3)
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.
  • ECONOMIC ACTIVITY:  Combination of resources such as labour, raw materials, equipment, etc., are joined, leading to the creation of specific goods or services. Regardless of the factors of production integrating the good or service produced, all activities generically imply an input of products (goods or services), a production process and an output of products (goods or services).
  • 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.
  • 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).
Formule

Construction and Public Works Confidence Indicator is calculated according to the methodology of the EC - DG ECFIN, and corresponds to the arithmetic mean of the balances of the following questions:

- Do you consider your current overall order books to be…?: 1. + more than sufficient (above normal); 2. = sufficient (normal for the season); 3. − not sufficient (below normal).

- How do you expect your firm´s total employment to change over the next 3 months? It will...; 1. + increase; 2. = remain unchanged; 3. -  decrease

Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations AV - Actual value (Gross value)
Last update date 30/03/2026

 

 Evaluation of current overall order books (Balance) for construction
Characteristic Description
Name Evaluation of current overall order books (Balance) for construction by Economic activity (Division - CAE Rev. 3); Monthly - 0000149
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Short-term statistics on business - construction and public works survey
First available period April 1997
Last available period March 2026
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Economic activity (Division - CAE Rev. 3)
Concepts
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • ECONOMIC ACTIVITY:  Combination of resources such as labour, raw materials, equipment, etc., are joined, leading to the creation of specific goods or services. Regardless of the factors of production integrating the good or service produced, all activities generically imply an input of products (goods or services), a production process and an output of products (goods or services).
  • ORDER PORTFOLIO:  The amount (quantity and/or value) of orders that a statistical unit holds in a certain period.
Definition Difference between the share of positive evaluation responses ("increased", "improved very much", "above average", "good", "yes, for sure", etc.) and negative evaluation responses ("decreased", "worsened somewhat", "very unfavourable", "probably not", etc.). These calculations do not include the share of neutral responses ("perhaps", "the same", etc.) and "doesn't know".
Formule

%resp. (+) - %resp. (-)

Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations AV - Actual value (Gross value)
Last update date 30/03/2026

 

 Expected evolution of employment over the next 3 months (Balance) for construction
Characteristic Description
Name Expected evolution of employment over the next 3 months (Balance) for construction by Economic activity (Division - CAE Rev. 3); Monthly - 0000150
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Short-term statistics on business - construction and public works survey
First available period April 1997
Last available period March 2026
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Economic activity (Division - CAE Rev. 3)
Concepts
  • 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.
  • ECONOMIC ACTIVITY:  Combination of resources such as labour, raw materials, equipment, etc., are joined, leading to the creation of specific goods or services. Regardless of the factors of production integrating the good or service produced, all activities generically imply an input of products (goods or services), a production process and an output of products (goods or services).
  • 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.
  • 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).
Definition Difference between the share of positive evaluation responses ("increased", "improved very much", "above average", "good", "yes, for sure", etc.) and negative evaluation responses ("decreased", "worsened somewhat", "very unfavourable", "probably not", etc.). These calculations do not include the share of neutral responses ("perhaps", "the same", etc.) and "doesn't know".
Formule

%resp. (+) - %resp. (-)

Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations AV - Actual value (Gross value)
Last update date 30/03/2026


information presented in 19/4/2026