In Moldova, in 2020 were commissioned 6906 housing units, which is 2088 dwellings (23.2%) less than a year earlier.
This was reported by the National Bureau of Statistics, noting that, at the same time, the total area of residential premises (apartments and individual houses), put into operation in January-December 2020, amounted to 545.5 thousand square meters, and, compared to the same period in 2019, this figure decreased by 20.7%. According to official statistics, in 2020, in the country as a whole were commissioned 5179 apartments with a total area of 337.1 thousand square meters, which is 27.7% less than in 2019, both in the number of apartments (a year earlier - 7161) and in area (466.5 thousand sq. m). Herewith, in 2020, were commissioned 1,727 residential buildings with a total area of 208.4 thousand square meters, which is 5.8% lower than in the previous year in terms of the number of leased housing (a year earlier - 1833 units) and 6% - in terms of area (a year earlier - 221.7 thousand square meters). According to the NBS, in urban areas of Moldova in 2020, were commissioned 5895 housing units (a year earlier - 7990) with a total area of 429.4 thousand square meters (a year earlier - 567.3 thousand sq. m.), which is 26.2% lower than in 2019 in terms of the number of housing and 24.3% in terms of area. In rural areas, in 2020 were commissioned 1,011 housing units, which is 0.7% more than a year earlier (1004 units), but its total area decreased by 3.9% from 120.9 thousand sq. m. in 2019 to 116.1 thousand sq. m. in 2020. Meanwhile, most of the housing was commissioned in 2020 in the municipality of Chisinau - 5529 units (-26.4%, compared to 2019) with a total area of 391.8 thousand square meters (-24.9%). In the North region last year, were commissioned 489 housing units (+ 38.5%) with a total area of 51.9 thousand square meters (+ 26%), in the Center region - 620 housing units (-20.4%) with a total area of 66.8 thousand square meters (-21.5%), in the South region - 179 housing units (-24.8%) with a total area of 22.8 thousand square meters (-16.8%), and in ATU Gagauzia - 89 housing units (-20.5%) with a total area of 12.2 thousand square meters (-5.6%). // 26.02.2021 — InfoMarket.
