Building permits - monthly data methods, notes and classification

Methods

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- Business trend indicator
  - 0 Building permits - number of dwellings
  - 1 Building permits - m2 of useful floor area
- Statistical Classification of Products by Activity (CPA 2.1)
  - 000 Buildings
  - 001 Residential buildings
  - 002 Residential buildings, except residences for communities
  - 003 One-dwelling buildings
  - 004 Two- and more dwelling buildings
  - 005 Residences for communities
  - 006 Non-residential buildings
  - 007 Non-residential buildings, except office buildings
  - 008 Office buildings
- Seasonal adjustment
  - 0 Unadjusted data (i.e. neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data)
  - 1 Seasonally and calendar adjusted data
- Unit of measure
  - 00 Index, 2021=100
  - 01 Index, 2015=100
  - 02 Percentage change on previous period
  - 03 Percentage change compared to same period in previous year
- Geopolitical entity (reporting)
  - 000 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
  - 001 Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
  - 002 Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
  - 003 Belgium
  - 004 Germany
  - 005 Greece
  - 006 Spain
  - 007 France
  - 008 Cyprus
  - 009 Hungary
  - 00a Netherlands
  - 00b Portugal
  - 00c Romania
  - 00d Slovenia
  - 00e Finland
  - 00f Sweden
  - 00g Norway
  - 00h Bosnia and Herzegovina
  - 00i North Macedonia