The National Index of Civil Construction - Sinapi rose 1.94% in December, standing 0.12 percentage points above the rate in the previous month (1.82%) and closing the year with the highest rate in the time series with exemption, started in 2013. The cumulative index in the year stayed at 10.16%, increasing 6.13 percentage points in relation to the cumulative rate in 2019 (4.03%). In December 2019, the index had been 0.22%.

The national cost of construction, by square meter, changed to R$1,276.40 in December, being R$710.33 relative to materials and R$566.07, to workforce. In November, the cost had been R$1,252.10.

Rising significantly one more time, the parcel of materials also registered the highest monthly change in 2020: 3.39%, rising 0.24 percentage points over the previous month (3.15%) and 3.52 percentage points over December 2019 (-0.13%).

On the other hand, the parcel of workforce recorded a rate of 0.18%, dropping 0.07 percentage points over the previous month (0.25%) and 0.41 percentage points over the rate of December 2019 (0.59%).

The cumulative result in 2020 was 17.28% in materials, whereas the parcel of the cost related to the expenses with workforce hit 2.33%. In 2019, the parcel of materials closed at 4.54% and workforce, at 3.47%.

Northeast Region registers highest monthly and annual changes

Influenced by the significant rise in the parcel of materials, the Northeast recorded the highest regional change in December (2.37%) and the highest cumulative figure in 2020 (12.50%). In the other regions, the results were: 1.75% (North), 1.69% (Southeast), 2.27% (South) and 1.35% (Central-West).

The regional costs, per square meter, were: R$1,289.71 (North); R$1,201.17 (Northeast); R$1,319.86 (Southeast); R$1,335.31 (South) and R$1,260.87 (Central-West).

Roraima posted the highest rate for the last month of the year: 3.41%. In the cumulative index in the year, Bahia registered the highest rate (17.08%), also recording the highest cumulative rate in the parcel of materials: 28.09%.

SINAPI, created in 1969, has the purpose of producing information on costs and indexes in a systematic way and with a national coverage, in order to elaborate and assess budgets as well as monitor costs.

Sinapi - December 2020
 WITH the exemption in the payroll of the enterprises of the sector

Sinapi - December 2020
WITHOUT the exemption in the payroll of the enterprises of the sector