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South Korea · Housing construction

Number of dwellings authorised or started; a leading barometer of the construction sector.· National definitions differ (permits vs starts, coverage): not comparable between countries
388.4K
2025
−10.8 %vs 2024
min 306K 1998max 788.3K 2015
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Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport· Data 2025
Dwellings authorised by building permits, public and privateY-axis truncated
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