Ammon – The total area of licensed buildings in the Kingdom increased during the first half of this year, by 18 percent, to reach about 4.52 million square meters, compared to 3.83 million square meters for the same period last year.
The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics today, Sunday, indicated that the total number of building permits issued in the Kingdom reached 11,645 permits during the first half of this year, compared to 11,137 permits during the same period last year, an increase of 4.6 percent.
The area of buildings licensed for residential purposes during the first half of this year amounted to about 3.81 million square meters, compared to about 3.16 million square meters during the same period last year, with an increase of 20.6 percent.
While the area of buildings licensed for non-residential purposes in the first half of this year amounted to about 703 thousand square meters, compared to about 664 thousand square meters during the same period last year, with an increase of 5.9 percent.
According to the report, the area of buildings licensed for residential purposes during the first half of this year accounted for 84.4 percent of the total area of licensed buildings, while the area of buildings licensed for non-residential purposes accounted for 15.6 percent of the total area of licensed buildings.
At the regional level, the central region accounted for 67 percent of the total area of licensed buildings in the Kingdom, while the share of the northern region amounted to 24.5 percent, and the southern region accounted for 8.5 percent.
As for the relative distribution of areas licensed for residential purposes by governorates, Jerash governorate recorded the highest percentage, amounting to 14.7 percent, with an area of 0.528 square meters per person, while Madaba governorate recorded the lowest per capita share of new licensed spaces, reaching 3.7 percent, with an area of 0.132. square meters per person.
According to the report, the licensed area for new buildings and additions to existing buildings accounted for 65.5 percent of the total licensed building area during the first half of this year, while the licensed area for existing buildings accounted for 34.5 percent.
The total area of licensed buildings for new buildings and additions to existing buildings in the first half of this year was about 2.959 million square meters, compared to about 2.452 million square meters during the same period last year, an increase of 20.7 percent.
As for the month of June of the current year, the data showed that the number of building permits reached 1859 permits, and the licensed building area reached 805 thousand square meters, compared to 875 thousand square meters during the same month of last year, a decrease of 8 percent.
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