CONSTRUCTIONS COMPLETED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN URBAN AREAS

Table 33

	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98(1)	1998/99	1999/000		Percentage change		Share (percent)
							1998/99	1999/00	1998/99	1999/00
Number:
Tehran	9,757	9,857	8,230	8,092		10,594	-1.7	30.9	6.7	7.1
Large cities	52,336	46.122	29,695	40,951		52,231	37.9	27.5	34.1	35.2
Other urban areas	65.706	65,193	36.393	71,204		85,754	95.6	20.4	59.2	57.7
All urban areas	127,799	121,172	74,318	120,247		148,579	61.8	23.6	100.0	100.0
Total floor-space estimate (thousand square meters):
Tehran	8,376	7,095	5,856	6,783		9,001	15.8	32.7	22.3	23.6
Large cities	11,370	10,767	7,481	10,196		13,084	36.3	28.3	33.5	34.4
Other urban areas	12,113	12,067	7,229	13,456		15,975	86.1	18.7	44.2	42.0
All urban areas	31,859	29,929	20,566	30,435		38,060	48.0	25.1	100.0	100.0
Average floor-space (square meters):
Tehran	858	720	712	838		850	17.7	1.4	-	-
Large cities	217	233	252	249		251	-1.2	0.8	-	-
Other urban areas	184	185	199	189		186	-5.0	-1.6	-	-
All urban areas	249	247	277	253		256	-8.7	1.2	-	-

(1) Due to revision in the statistical framework, figures are not comparable with the previous periods .