The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi) was 0.52% in December, standing 0.55  percentage points below the previous month (1.07%) and registering the lowest index in 2021. The cumulative index in the year hit 18.65%, increasing 8.49  percentage points in relation to 2020 (10.16%) and reaching the highest rate for this indicator in the time series, started in 2013. In December 2020, the index had been 1.94%.

The national cost of construction, by square meter, rose to to R$1,514.52 in December, from which R$910.06 were relative to materials and R$604.46, to workforce. In November, the cost had been R$1,506.76.

The share of materials changed 0.76%, a drop of 0.90 percentage points over the preceding month (1.66%). The drop was even more relevant in relation to December 2020 (3.39%), 2.63 percentage points.

Having registered 0.15% and no collective work agreements, the parcel of workforce maintained the level when compared with the previous index (0.18%) and with December 2020 (0.18%).

The cumulative result in 2021 rose 28.12% in material, whereas the parcel of the cost related to the expenses with workforce hit 6.78%. In 2020, the parcel of material closed at 17.28% and workforce, at 2.33%.

North registers the highest change in December and South, the highest one in the year

The North Region reported the highest regional change in December (0.81%), with the parcel of material rising in all the states. The other regions recorded the following figures: 0.66% (Northeast), 0.32% (Southeast), 0.53% (South) and 0.61% (Central-West).

The South registered the highest figure for the cumulative index in 2021 (19.43%), followed by the Central-West (19.23%), Southeast (19.11%), Northeast (18.07%) and North (16.80%).

As for the costs of construction, the regions recorded the following values by square meter in December: R$ 1.506,36 (North); R$ 1.418,32 (Northeast); R$ 1.572,22 (Southeast); R$ 1.594,85 (South) and R$ 1.503,31 (Central-West).

With the rise in the parcel of material, Tocantins reported the highest rate for the last month of the year: 1.61%. In the cumulative index in the year, Mato Grosso do Sul was the state with the highest rate (24.47%), also recording the highest rate in the cumulative index of the parcel of material (34.81%).

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 2021
WITH the exemption in the payroll of the enterprises of the sector

Sinapi - December 2021
WITHOUT the exemption in the payroll of the enterprises of the sector