Construction Permits for Dwellings Index (2015=100, Monthly, SA): South Africa

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 51.39 index (2015=100) for 2026-08, from OECD.

Reviewed series · Production · Monthly · index (2015=100) · OECD.HOUSING.PERMITS.IX.M · ZAF

Published national construction-of-buildings index, calendar and seasonally adjusted. Permits and work started are separate indicators; these are indices, not absolute numbers of dwellings. OECD Data Terms section 3 permits commercial reuse with attribution except separately restricted or third-party-owned data; no additional restriction was identified in the pinned flow metadata reviewed 2026-10-11. Collection time is not an original publication timestamp. Source observation flags and reference periods are retained.

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51.39

index (2015=100) · 2026-08

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53.10

index (2015=100) · 2026-07

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97.80

index (2015=100) · 2016-09

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