The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi) was 0.08% in December, standing 0.07 percentage points below the previous month (0.15%) with the lowest index in 2022. The cumulative index in the year reached 10.9%, and fell by 7.75% percentage points from 2021 (18.65%). The index had been 0.52% in December 2020.

The national cost of construction, by square meter, rose to R$1,679.25 in December, of which R$1,001.20 were relative to materials and R$678.05 to workforce. In November, the cost had been R$1,677.96.

Material recorded a change of 0.07%, a figure close to the changes in the last two months (0.01% in November and 0.04% in October). Against the index of December 2021 (0.76%), there was a decrease of 0.69 percentage points.

Workforce (0.08%) also registered the lowest rate in the year, and fell by 0.27 percentage points from November (0.35%) and 0.10 percentage points from December 2021 (0.18%).

The cumulative result in 2022 changed by 10.02% in material, whereas the share of costs relative to expenditure on workforce reached 12.18%. In 2021, the share of material closed the year at 28.12% and workforce, at 6.78%.

North Region records the highest change in December and Central West, the highest in the year

With an increase in six of the seven states, mainly Amazonas (1.08%) and Amapá (1.01%), the North Region recorded the highest change in December: 0.67%. The other Major Regions recorded the following results: -0.04% (Northeast), -0.09% (Southeast), 0.32% (South) and 0.21% (Central-West).

The South registered the highest figure for the cumulative index in 2022 (14.60%), followed by the North (12.70%), South (10.4%), Southeast (10.33%) and Northeast (10.02%). Regional costs of construction in December, by square meter, were: R$ 1,697,69 (North); R$ 1,560.52 (Northeast); R$ 1,735.03 (Southeast); R$ 1,761.89 (South) and R$ 1,722.72 (Central-West).

With adjustment observed in professional categories and a hike in the share of material, Piauí recorded the highest rate in December (2.64%). As for cumulative results in the year, Mato Grosso recorded the highest rate (20.52%), and also the highest cumulative rate for material (22.39%).

More about SINAPI

The National System of Costs Survey and Indexes of Construction – SINAPI, a joint production of IBGE and Caixa Econômica Federal – Caixa, aims at producing monthly series of costs for the housing sector, and monthly series of median wages for labor force and median prices for materials, construction machinery and equipment and services for the basic sanitation, infrastructure and housing sectors.

SINAPI statistics are fundamental in investment programming, especially for the public sector. Prices and costs support the preparation, analysis and assessment of budgets, while indices enable the updating of expense values in contracts and budgets. Access the data at Sidra.