According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine (Derzhstat), in August 2026 the cost of construction works in Ukraine rose by 25,4% year on year; the data were published on 12 October.
Monthly and annual growth in August 2026
The construction price index in August stood at 101,7% relative to July. This corresponds to a monthly increase in the cost of works of 1,7%.
Compared with August 2025 the cost of construction works rose by 25,4%. In July the annual increase was 23,7%, and in June — 23,1%.
Price increases by segment and by individual projects
Over the year the largest rise was in works to erect non-residential buildings — by 26,4%; prices in engineering construction increased by 26,1%, and in residential construction — by 21,5%. Over the month prices for non-residential projects rose by 2%, engineering structures by 1,6%, and residential by 1,3%.
Among individual types of projects in August the biggest price rise was in construction of transport infrastructure — by 2,1%. The cost of works for the construction of pipelines, lines of electronic communication networks and power transmission increased by 1,8%.
For the period January–August 2026 prices for construction and installation works overall were 18% higher than in the corresponding period of 2025; in the residential segment the increase was 15,5%, in the non-residential — 18,7%, in engineering — 18,4%. For the whole of 2025 prices for construction works rose by 5,8%, in 2024 — by 7,9%; according to the overwhelming majority of analysts in the sector, this indicates strengthening price pressure on the industry.
