Global construction set to rise to US$12.9 trillion by 2022, driven by Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East

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The pace of global construction growth is set to improve slightly to 3.7% between 2019 and 2020.

 

The global construction industry is expected to grow by an average of 3.6% a year over the forecast period 2018 to 2022 and its output is forecast to rise to $12.9 trillion by 2022, up from $10.8 trillion in 2017, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company.

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The Asia-Pacific region will continue to account for the largest share of the global construction industry, however the pace of growth will slow given the projected slowdown in China’s construction industry to an average of +4.2% between 2018 and 2022, offset by an acceleration in construction growth in India.

Construction activity is gathering momentum across Western Europe with the region’s output set to expand by 2.4% a year on average from 2018 to 2022. However, expansion in the UK is subject to major downside risks in the face of uncertainty over Brexit.

The Middle East and Africa region as a whole will be the fastest with an annual average growth of 6.4% from 2018 to 2022. Countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have suffered from the weakness in oil prices in recent years, greatly reducing government revenues. As oil prices pick up, however, large-scale investment in infrastructure projects – mostly related to transport – will be a key driving force behind the construction growth in the region.

* ‘real value terms’ is measured from constant 2017 prices and US$ exchange rates

Source: www.bdcnetwork.com