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Amman, May 31 (Petra) – The Department of Statistics (DoS) reported
on Sunday that the total area of licensed buildings in Jordan
increased by 29.3% in March 2026 compared with the same month last
year.
According to the department’s monthly report on construction activity
and building permits, the total area of licensed buildings reached
848,000 square meters in March 2026, up from 656,000 square meters in
March 2025.
The report showed that the cumulative area of licensed buildings
during the first quarter of 2026 reached 2.273 million square meters,
compared with 2.173 million
square meters during the corresponding period of 2025, representing
an increase of 4.6%.
The total number of building permits issued across the Kingdom rose
to 6,240 during the first quarter of 2026, compared with 5,202
permits in the same period last year, an increase of 20%.
//Petra// AK
