AMMAN – The total area of
licensed buildings in Jordan increased
by 9.5 percent during January-August 2023 to 6.162 million square meters,
compared to 5.627 million in the same period in 2022, according to the Jordan
news agency, Petra.
اضافة اعلان
According to the monthly report issued by the
Department of Statistics (DoS) on Sunday, building permits issued in the Kingdom amounted to
16,121 during the same timeframe, compared to 16,346 permits, a decrease of 1.4
percent.
The area of buildings licensed for residential purposes during the
same 8 months reached 5.17 million square meters against 4.69 million square
meters, an increase of 10.2 percent.
Similarly,
non-residential buildings' area climbed by 6.2 percent
to 997,000 square meters, compared to 939,000 square meters during the same
period in 2022.
The DoS reported that 83.8 percent of the total
licensed building area was for residential purposes, while only 16.2 percent was for
non-residential purposes.
The Central Region had the highest share of licensed building area
in the Kingdom, accounting for 66.5 percent of the total, which is an increase
of 1.5 percent. The North Region's share amounted to 24.8 percent, an increase
of 0.8 percent, while the South Region had a decrease of 12.1 percent and
accounted for only 8.7 percent.
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