The figures show the number of new homes built in the country has risen by 9% to 16,281 between April 2014 and March 2015.
In addition, the overall supply of housing, which covers new builds, refurbishments and conversions, increased 6% to 17,149 in 2014/15 compared to the previous year.
The Scottish Government has also stated it is on schedule to exceed its five-year target to deliver 30,000 affordable homes by March 2016 as part of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme.
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Statistics to the end of June 2015, show that a total of 28,048 affordable homes have now been delivered, 93% of the 30,000 target, including 19,205 for social rent.
The figure is 96% of the government's 20,000 social target, while 4,956 homes are council properties, making up 99% of the council homes target.
Housing Minister Margaret Burgess said: "Making sure everyone in Scotland has access to good-quality, affordable housing is at the heart of the Scottish Government’s ambitions to create a fairer and more prosperous country. These figures support this commitment and show we are on track to exceed our five year target of delivering 30,000 new homes by 2016.
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