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Macroeconomics  |  July 20, 2026 11:00:00, updated

Production in construction up by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU

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Up by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.8% in the EU compared with May 2025

Overview

In May 2026, compared with April 2026, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In April 2026, production in construction grew by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU.

In May 2026, compared with May 2025, production in construction increased by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.8% in the EU.

Production in the construction sector

Monthly comparison by construction sector and by Member State

In the euro area in May 2026, compared with April 2026, production in construction

  • decreased by 0.7% for construction of buildings,

  • decreased by 0.5% for civil engineering,

  • increased by 1.4% for specialised construction activities.

In the EU, production in construction

  • decreased by 0.4% for construction of buildings,

  • decreased by 1.3% for civil engineering,

  • increased by 1.4% for specialised construction activities.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest monthly increases in production in construction were recorded in Austria (+3.3%), the Netherlands (+2.0%) and France (+1.3%). The largest decreases were observed in Hungary (-6.4%), Spain (-2.8%) and Slovenia (-1.9%).

Annual comparison by construction sector and by Member State

In the euro area in May 2026, compared with May 2025, production in construction

  • decreased by 6.6% for construction of buildings,

  • increased by 3.5% for civil engineering,

  • increased by 2.9% for specialised construction activities.

In the EU, production in construction

  • decreased by 5.2% for construction of buildings,

  • increased by 2.3% for civil engineering,

  • increased by 3.3% for specialised construction activities.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases in production in construction were recorded in Slovenia (+19.2%), Slovakia (+10.0%) and Finland (+9.4%). Decreases were observed in Spain (-10.0%), Hungary (-6.7%) and France (-0.7%).

Tables

Production in construction

% change compared with the previous month*
 

Dec-25

Jan-26

Feb-26

Mar-26

Apr-26

May-26

Euro area

            

Total construction

 0.2 -1.1 -0.4 1.9 0.1 0.4

Construction of buildings

 0.3 -4.2 -0.2 1.8 0.0 -0.7

Civil engineering

 0.9 -4.2 -0.7 7.3 0.0 -0.5

Specialised construction activities

 0.5 -0.8 -0.4 1.6 0.1 1.4

EU

            

Total construction

 0.7 -1.8 -0.1 2.0 0.5 0.3

Construction of buildings

 0.7 -5.2 0.4 2.3 -0.2 -0.4

Civil engineering

 1.1 -4.7 0.4 6.3 0.8 -1.3

Specialised construction activities

 0.8 -1.7 -0.2 1.9 0.2 1.4

* Calendar and seasonally adjusted

Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Production in construction

% change compared with the previous month*
 

Dec-25

Jan-26

Feb-26

Mar-26

Apr-26

May-26

Euro area

 0.2 -1.1 -0.4 1.9 0.1 0.4

EU

 0.7 -1.8 -0.1 2.0 0.5 0.3

Belgium

 0.1 2.8 -1.4 0.7 -1.0 -0.7

Bulgaria

 2.7 -1.7 4.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.8

Czechia

 1.8 -2.4 1.5 4.4 -1.0 -1.1

Denmark

 -1.3 -1.5 1.3 1.4 0.0 0.6

Germany

 1.7 -1.1 -1.7 3.6 0.3 0.9

Estonia**

 : : : : : :

Ireland

 c c c c c c

Greece**

 : : : : : :

Spain

 -2.4 -4.2 1.4 2.1 0.3 -2.8

France

 1.7 -1.0 -1.2 -0.2 -0.1 1.3

Croatia**

 1.2 -2.7 1.6 0.9 -0.1 :

Italy

 -0.8 -1.0 0.0 1.9 0.8 0.0

Cyprus**

 : : : : : :

Latvia**

 : : : : : :

Lithuania**

 : : : : : :

Luxembourg**

 -1.7 2.3 -1.4 1.2 -0.9 :

Hungary

 9.0 -14.3 11.4 0.6 6.9 -6.4

Malta**

 : : : : : :

Netherlands

 -0.4 -0.8 0.2 0.5 -1.8 2.0

Austria

 -1.3 -1.6 1.0 4.6 -3.0 3.3

Poland

 4.5 -9.8 -2.6 7.2 3.8 0.8

Portugal

 -0.9 -0.3 1.2 0.4 0.3 -1.4

Romania**

 7.2 -4.5 7.7 -0.6 10.3 :

Slovenia

 -3.7 -2.2 5.4 5.6 4.3 -1.9

Slovakia

 3.0 -5.4 5.5 11.8 -6.8 -1.7

Finland

 -0.6 0.0 1.7 0.9 1.7 1.1

Sweden

 0.0 -4.8 1.1 4.2 -0.1 0.1

Norway

 -0.7 0.9 -1.3 0.3 -0.6 -0.7

* Calendar and seasonally adjusted

** These Member States are not required to supply monthly data under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152.

: Data not available

c Confidential

Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Production in construction

% change compared with the same month of the previous year*
 

Dec-25

Jan-26

Feb-26

Mar-26

Apr-26

May-26

Euro area

            

Total construction

 0.7 -5.5 -3.8 -0.1 0.2 1.2

Construction of buildings

 -4.2 -15.2 -11.6 -7.1 -4.9 -6.6

Civil engineering

 1.7 -4.1 -3.1 5.1 3.7 3.5

Specialised construction activities

 1.8 -2.6 -1.9 0.3 0.6 2.9

EU

            

Total construction

 1.3 -5.3 -3.5 0.3 1.1 1.8

Construction of buildings

 -1.3 -14.1 -10.3 -5.1 -3.4 -5.2

Civil engineering

 1.3 -4.7 -3.7 4.4 3.8 2.3

Specialised construction activities

 2.6 -2.7 -2.0 0.6 1.0 3.3

* Calendar adjusted

Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Production in construction

% change compared with the same month of the previous year*
 

Dec-25

Jan-26

Feb-26

Mar-26

Apr-26

May-26

Euro area

 0.7 -5.5 -3.8 -0.1 0.2 1.2

EU

 1.3 -5.3 -3.5 0.3 1.1 1.8

Belgium

 -3.8 3.3 0.2 3.8 -1.5 1.5

Bulgaria

 8.9 2.8 9.7 6.4 6.8 5.6

Czechia

 6.9 0.5 2.8 6.4 7.7 4.4

Denmark

 2.5 0.7 -0.8 2.1 1.8 1.9

Germany

 -0.6 -7.4 -4.2 0.4 0.7 3.5

Estonia**

 : : : : : :

Ireland

 c c c c c c

Greece**

 : : : : : :

Spain

 8.7 -28.0 -20.6 -8.4 -2.6 -10.0

France

 -3.8 -1.0 -3.4 -3.3 -2.9 -0.7

Croatia**

 7.9 0.2 3.4 4.2 3.5 :

Italy

 5.0 -0.4 0.8 3.0 3.2 2.9

Cyprus**

 : : : : : :

Latvia**

 : : : : : :

Lithuania**

 : : : : : :

Luxembourg**

 -0.1 4.8 1.6 3.7 2.1 :

Hungary

 6.5 -17.8 -0.9 2.0 2.5 -6.7

Malta**

 : : : : : :

Netherlands

 0.5 -2.0 -0.4 2.2 -2.7 1.4

Austria

 -5.5 -8.2 -5.0 -0.7 -2.4 3.0

Poland

 2.9 -11.0 -13.7 -1.6 4.6 6.1

Portugal

 -2.3 2.6 0.3 6.4 2.5 1.6

Romania**

 5.4 -2.7 14.0 8.3 23.8 :

Slovenia

 8.8 8.2 22.5 33.6 32.9 19.2

Slovakia

 9.2 -0.6 7.6 27.8 14.5 10.0

Finland

 5.2 2.6 6.7 5.8 9.7 9.4

Sweden

 2.2 -1.7 0.0 4.7 4.0 3.6

Norway

 -0.9 -0.6 -2.2 -1.6 -2.4 -3.2

* Calendar adjusted

** These Member States are not required to supply monthly data under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152.

: Data not available

c Confidential

Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Monthly indices for production in construction,

calendar and seasonally adjusted

(base year 2021)
 

Dec-25

Jan-26

Feb-26

Mar-26

Apr-26

May-26

Euro area

 104.1 103.0 102.6 104.5 104.6 105.0

EU

 104.5 102.6 102.5 104.6 105.1 105.4

Belgium

 100.6 103.4 102.0 102.7 101.7 101.0

Bulgaria

 114.3 112.3 116.8 116.6 116.5 115.6

Czechia

 112.3 109.6 111.2 116.1 114.9 113.6

Denmark

 107.6 106.0 107.4 108.9 108.9 109.5

Germany

 90.9 89.9 88.4 91.6 91.9 92.7

Estonia*

 : : : : : :

Ireland

 c c c c c c

Greece*

 : : : : : :

Spain

 115.0 110.2 111.7 114.0 114.3 111.1

France

 91.7 90.8 89.7 89.5 89.4 90.6

Croatia*

 137.7 134.0 136.1 137.3 137.1 :

Italy

 141.3 139.9 139.9 142.5 143.6 143.6

Cyprus*

 : : : : : :

Latvia*

 : : : : : :

Lithuania*

 : : : : : :

Luxembourg*

 96.7 98.9 97.5 98.7 97.8 :

Hungary

 100.1 85.8 95.6 96.2 102.8 96.2

Malta*

 : : : : : :

Netherlands

 104.5 103.7 103.9 104.4 102.5 104.5

Austria

 95.1 93.6 94.5 98.8 95.8 99.0

Poland

 109.4 98.7 96.1 103.0 106.9 107.8

Portugal

 113.3 113.0 114.3 114.8 115.1 113.5

Romania*

 136.2 130.1 140.1 139.2 153.5 :

Slovenia

 151.7 148.3 156.3 165.0 172.1 168.8

Slovakia

 88.4 83.6 88.2 98.6 91.9 90.3

Finland

 100.3 100.3 102.0 102.9 104.6 105.7

Sweden

 92.1 87.7 88.7 92.4 92.3 92.4

Norway

 97.2 98.1 96.8 97.1 96.5 95.8

* These Member States are not required to supply monthly data under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152.

: Data not available

c Confidential

Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Monthly indices for production in construction, calendar adjusted

(base year 2021)
 

Dec-25

Jan-26

Feb-26

Mar-26

Apr-26

May-26

Euro area

 102.9 86.6 96.0 110.5 104.8 108.8

EU

 108.5 83.7 93.2 108.4 104.2 108.5

Belgium

 80.3 101.4 104.6 116.9 103.9 101.9

Bulgaria

 103.5 109.5 113.2 122.6 115.5 112.8

Czechia

 118.9 60.1 70.6 102.7 108.2 117.8

Denmark

 100.7 99.5 104.3 113.8 104.3 110.3

Germany

 100.4 60.2 72.4 95.1 92.6 92.7

Estonia*

 : : : : : :

Ireland

 c c c c c c

Greece*

 : : : : : :

Spain

 144.4 88.3 96.1 113.4 111.6 113.4

France

 80.3 87.9 92.6 95.1 91.0 95.0

Croatia*

 126.6 127.1 136.3 148.6 140.9 :

Italy

 125.6 127.6 139.3 156.8 143.2 156.5

Cyprus*

 : : : : : :

Latvia*

 : : : : : :

Lithuania*

 : : : : : :

Luxembourg*

 82.8 88.8 99.7 108.3 105.1 :

Hungary

 140.3 49.1 65.3 91.7 92.7 94.7

Malta*

 : : : : : :

Netherlands

 80.5 105.6 117.5 123.3 109.7 113.1

Austria

 114.5 55.9 68.9 95.7 90.0 97.6

Poland

 168.6 59.6 62.5 85.6 93.4 102.5

Portugal

 104.1 112.6 112.0 121.2 113.9 117.6

Romania*

 208.4 65.8 92.0 122.4 141.9 :

Slovenia

 141.3 109.2 131.2 159.1 164.4 173.6

Slovakia

 104.3 52.7 65.5 85.1 82.3 89.4

Finland

 115.5 70.4 79.3 92.3 94.2 112.1

Sweden

 118.0 65.0 75.9 88.9 91.1 94.2

Norway

 91.4 104.4 90.5 98.7 88.5 92.0

* These Member States are not required to supply monthly data under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152.

: Data not available

c Confidential

Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

Compared with the data issued in the News Release of 18 June 2026, the monthly percentage change for April 2026 has been revised from +0.6% to +0.1% in the euro area and from +0.8% to +0.5% in the EU. The annual percentage change has been revised from +0.9% to +0.2% in the euro area and from +1.5% to +1.1% in the EU.

Methods and definitions

The index of production in construction approximates the evolution of the volume of production within the sector, broken down into construction of buildings, civil engineering and specialised construction activities according to NACE Rev. 2 activity classification.

Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national data. Eurostat carries out the seasonal adjustment of the data for those countries that do not adjust their data for seasonal effects.

The monthly index as presented in this News Release is calculated only on the basis of the data of those countries reporting monthly data. Missing observations from Member States for recent months are estimated for the calculation of the euro area and the EU aggregates.

Geographical information

Euro area (EA21) includes Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

The European Union (EU27) includes Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.

Estonia, Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta and Romania are not required to supply monthly data within 1 month and 15 days after the end of the reference month under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152.

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E-mail: ESTAT-STS-DATA@ec.europa.eu

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