Construction Work Started on Dwellings Index (2015=100, Monthly, SA): Japan
The latest reading SOTW holds for Japan is 78.02 index (2015=100) for 2026-09, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Production · Monthly · index (2015=100) · OECD.HOUSING.STARTS.IX.M · JPN
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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- Latest
- 78.02
- index (2015=100) · 2026-09
- Previous
- 82.82
- index (2015=100) · 2026-08
- Oldest shown
- 109.08
- index (2015=100) · 2016-10
- Readings shown
- 120
- Newest readings; the full history is in the API
Japan · history
index (2015=100) · Monthly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (index (2015=100)) |
|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 78.02 |
| 2026-08 | 82.82 |
| 2026-07 | 85.11 |
| 2026-06 | 86.49 |
| 2026-05 | 83.22 |
| 2026-04 | 79.58 |
| 2026-03 | 80.99 |
| 2026-02 | 82.54 |
| 2026-01 | 83.05 |
| 2025-12 | 83.14 |
| 2025-11 | 79.40 |
| 2025-10 | 86.73 |
| 2025-09 | 80.23 |
| 2025-08 | 78.64 |
| 2025-07 | 78.43 |
| 2025-06 | 73.17 |
| 2025-05 | 60.91 |
| 2025-04 | 70.45 |
| 2025-03 | 115.94 |
| 2025-02 | 86.99 |
| 2025-01 | 83.17 |
| 2024-12 | 84.81 |
| 2024-11 | 85.54 |
| 2024-10 | 84.17 |
| 2024-09 | 87.47 |
| 2024-08 | 87.15 |
| 2024-07 | 86.09 |
| 2024-06 | 87.09 |
| 2024-05 | 90.68 |
| 2024-04 | 95.67 |
| 2024-03 | 83.41 |
| 2024-02 | 85.79 |
| 2024-01 | 87.22 |
| 2023-12 | 88.26 |
| 2023-11 | 87.06 |
| 2023-10 | 87.41 |
| 2023-09 | 88.25 |
| 2023-08 | 90.29 |
| 2023-07 | 87.55 |
| 2023-06 | 91.67 |
| 2023-05 | 96.50 |
| 2023-04 | 84.63 |
| 2023-03 | 94.75 |
| 2023-02 | 92.73 |
| 2023-01 | 94.92 |
| 2022-12 | 92.35 |
| 2022-11 | 93.83 |
| 2022-10 | 94.72 |
| 2022-09 | 95.13 |
| 2022-08 | 98.77 |
| 2022-07 | 93.48 |
| 2022-06 | 94.69 |
| 2022-05 | 92.18 |
| 2022-04 | 96.12 |
| 2022-03 | 98.56 |
| 2022-02 | 94.36 |
| 2022-01 | 89.98 |
| 2021-12 | 93.32 |
| 2021-11 | 94.41 |
| 2021-10 | 96.49 |
| 2021-09 | 93.65 |
| 2021-08 | 94.72 |
| 2021-07 | 99.06 |
| 2021-06 | 95.43 |
| 2021-05 | 96.05 |
| 2021-04 | 94.46 |
| 2021-03 | 93.21 |
| 2021-02 | 89.54 |
| 2021-01 | 89.43 |
| 2020-12 | 88.48 |
| 2020-11 | 90.66 |
| 2020-10 | 87.83 |
| 2020-09 | 89.27 |
| 2020-08 | 89.32 |
| 2020-07 | 88.46 |
| 2020-06 | 88.62 |
| 2020-05 | 87.63 |
| 2020-04 | 87.56 |
| 2020-03 | 94.57 |
| 2020-02 | 93.78 |
| 2020-01 | 92.25 |
| 2019-12 | 96.44 |
| 2019-11 | 92.89 |
| 2019-10 | 96.95 |
| 2019-09 | 99.22 |
| 2019-08 | 99.15 |
| 2019-07 | 97.91 |
| 2019-06 | 102.98 |
| 2019-05 | 98.77 |
| 2019-04 | 100.39 |
| 2019-03 | 104.91 |
| 2019-02 | 105.39 |
| 2019-01 | 102.15 |
| 2018-12 | 105.74 |
| 2018-11 | 105.46 |
| 2018-10 | 103.36 |
| 2018-09 | 104.87 |
| 2018-08 | 104.70 |
| 2018-07 | 103.22 |
| 2018-06 | 102.48 |
| 2018-05 | 107.34 |
| 2018-04 | 106.71 |
| 2018-03 | 97.36 |
| 2018-02 | 101.80 |
| 2018-01 | 100.53 |
| 2017-12 | 101.86 |
| 2017-11 | 106.44 |
| 2017-10 | 103.43 |
| 2017-09 | 104.69 |
| 2017-08 | 103.43 |
| 2017-07 | 106.00 |
| 2017-06 | 110.04 |
| 2017-05 | 107.60 |
| 2017-04 | 107.30 |
| 2017-03 | 106.41 |
| 2017-02 | 103.69 |
| 2017-01 | 114.58 |
| 2016-12 | 104.12 |
| 2016-11 | 105.37 |
| 2016-10 | 109.08 |
Source: OECD. Newest 120 readings shown, 2016-10 to 2026-09. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.