Industrial production down by 0.1% in the euro area and up by 0.5% in the EU

Overview

In April 2024, compared with March 2024, seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.1% in the euro area and increased by 0.5% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2024, industrial production grew by 0.5% in the euro area and remained stable in the EU.

In April 2024, compared with April 2023, industrial production decreased by 3.0% the euro area and by 2.0% in the EU.

Industrial production

Monthly comparison by main industrial grouping and by Member State

In the euro area in April 2024, compared with March 2024, industrial production

decreased by 0.4% for intermediate goods,
increased by 0.4% for energy,
increased by 0.7% for capital goods,
increased by 0.3% for durable consumer goods,
increased by 3.4% for non-durable consumer goods.

In the EU, industrial production

decreased by 0.2% for intermediate goods,
increased by 0.3% for energy,
increased by 0.5% for capital goods,
increased by 1.0% for durable consumer goods,
increased by 3.9% for non-durable consumer goods.

The highest monthly increases were recorded in Denmark (+10.4%), Greece (+7.0%) and Poland (+6.7%). The largest decreases were observed in Luxembourg (-6.7%), Latvia (-4.9%) and Ireland (-3.4%).

Annual comparison by main industrial grouping and by Member State

In the euro area in April 2024, compared with April 2023, industrial production

decreased by 2.0% for intermediate goods,
decreased by 1.1% for energy,
decreased by 5.3% for capital goods,
decreased by 3.1% for durable consumer goods,
increased by 0.7% for non-durable consumer goods.

In the EU, industrial production

decreased by 1.8% for intermediate goods,
decreased by 0.9% for energy,
decreased by 4.9% for capital goods,
decreased by 2.1% for durable consumer goods,
increased by 2.9% for non-durable consumer goods.

The largest annual decreases were recorded in Ireland (-15.7%), Latvia (-7.8%) and Finland (-6.8%). The highest increases were observed in Denmark (+17.4%), Greece (+10.8%) and Slovenia (+7.4%).

Industrial production in April 2024

Tables

Industrial production % change compared with previous month*
	Nov-23	Dec-23	Jan-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Apr-24
Euro area
Total industry	0.4	1.4	-2.2	0.1	0.5	-0.1
Intermediate goods	-0.7	-1.4	2.2	0.3	-0.2	-0.4
Energy	2.2	0.3	1.2	-3.2	-0.1	0.4
Capital goods	0.7	11.4	-15.5	2.0	0.9	0.7
Durable consumer goods	-1.6	0.1	-1.3	1.2	-0.6	0.3
Non-durable consumer goods	2.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.4	-2.7	3.4
EU
Total industry	0.4	1.2	-1.9	0.2	0.0	0.5
Intermediate goods	-0.7	-0.8	1.4	0.7	-0.3	-0.2
Energy	1.6	0.4	1.0	-3.4	0.3	0.3
Capital goods	0.4	10.2	-13.8	1.7	0.6	0.5
Durable consumer goods	-1.5	0.2	-1.1	1.4	-0.6	1.0
Non-durable consumer goods	2.5	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	-2.7	3.9
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Industrial production % change compared with previous month*
	Nov-23	Dec-23	Jan-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Apr-24
Euro area	0.4	1.4	-2.2	0.1	0.5	-0.1
EU	0.4	1.2	-1.9	0.2	0.0	0.5
Belgium	-4.1	5.2	-3.5	0.2	3.6	0.4
Bulgaria	-4.4	4.0	-4.1	0.2	-0.4	3.3
Czechia	-1.3	3.1	-3.1	2.1	-1.6	0.6
Denmark	3.9	-0.5	-0.9	1.4	-3.5	10.4
Germany	0.3	-2.1	1.0	0.7	-0.3	0.3
Estonia	3.3	5.1	-8.3	2.3	1.2	-1.5
Ireland**	8.2	18.8	-19.7	-5.1	10.5	-3.4
Greece	-4.2	0.9	3.5	-1.8	-1.6	7.0
Spain	0.5	-0.9	1.1	1.3	-1.1	0.0
France	0.6	0.3	-1.1	0.3	-0.2	0.6
Croatia	2.0	-4.2	-0.3	-2.5	0.5	0.0
Italy	-1.4	1.2	-1.5	0.0	-0.5	-1.0
Cyprus	0.4	0.6	-0.6	0.4	2.3	-1.7
Latvia	-1.8	1.1	-1.5	2.1	-0.7	-4.9
Lithuania	-0.1	-2.6	3.9	-2.8	4.0	4.1
Luxembourg	-1.2	1.2	-2.4	-1.0	4.6	-6.7
Hungary	-2.8	0.5	-0.8	3.3	-3.1	-0.6
Malta	2.7	5.2	-9.1	1.8	2.7	0.9
Netherlands	0.1	3.3	-2.6	1.0	-0.9	0.5
Austria	-1.6	2.2	-1.9	0.0	0.6	2.2
Poland	-0.4	0.2	0.5	0.0	-5.1	6.7
Portugal	3.4	-1.9	3.0	0.6	2.8	-2.4
Romania	-0.2	1.6	-3.4	3.3	4.0	-1.3
Slovenia	4.3	-8.4	8.1	3.2	-6.5	5.9
Slovakia	-2.9	4.1	-2.8	0.5	-1.3	3.3
Finland	-0.4	-3.2	3.6	-0.2	-4.8	0.1
Sweden	-0.6	1.2	-0.7	-0.7	0.6	-2.5
Norway	2.3	1.3	1.8	-4.2	3.5	-0.5
Switzerland	-2.2	2.5	-1.8	-0.8	2.3	:
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted ** CSO Ireland is carrying out a review of the seasonal adjustment methodology for industrial production. : Data not available Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Industrial production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Nov-23	Dec-23	Jan-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Apr-24
Euro area
Total industry	-5.3	0.2	-6.5	-6.4	-1.2	-3.0
Intermediate goods	-5.8	-3.6	-3.1	-2.8	-2.8	-2.0
Energy	0.8	-1.9	0.6	-3.4	-2.1	-1.1
Capital goods	-4.7	4.6	-11.0	-9.2	1.6	-5.3
Durable consumer goods	-5.2	-3.0	-7.6	-4.2	-7.7	-3.1
Non-durable consumer goods	-7.0	-5.2	-3.7	-5.0	-7.0	0.7
EU
Total industry	-4.3	0.3	-5.4	-5.3	-1.1	-2.0
Intermediate goods	-6.0	-3.7	-3.7	-2.7	-2.5	-1.8
Energy	0.7	-1.0	0.9	-3.3	-1.6	-0.9
Capital goods	-3.8	4.2	-9.3	-7.9	1.2	-4.9
Durable consumer goods	-6.0	-4.2	-7.6	-4.1	-6.8	-2.1
Non-durable consumer goods	-4.3	-2.9	-1.6	-3.5	-4.9	2.9
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Industrial production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Nov-23	Dec-23	Jan-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Apr-24
Euro area	-5.3	0.2	-6.5	-6.4	-1.2	-3.0
EU	-4.3	0.3	-5.4	-5.3	-1.1	-2.0
Belgium	-15.0	-5.1	-4.1	-7.8	-6.0	3.0
Bulgaria	-12.0	-5.4	-9.2	-8.0	-7.7	-0.3
Czechia	-2.8	-0.3	-0.3	0.7	-2.9	-0.4
Denmark	12.2	8.6	8.4	4.6	3.5	17.4
Germany	-4.9	-4.5	-5.1	-6.4	-5.0	-3.7
Estonia	-6.2	-3.4	-10.2	-5.3	-5.6	-4.8
Ireland	-19.9	36.0	-32.1	-35.9	38.5	-15.7
Greece	3.3	4.6	10.4	1.8	-0.6	10.8
Spain	0.2	-2.0	0.4	3.7	0.1	1.1
France	1.4	0.5	0.9	-0.7	0.4	1.0
Croatia	4.8	-1.0	-1.4	-5.2	-5.0	-2.0
Italy	-2.4	-1.5	-3.7	-3.4	-3.2	-2.9
Cyprus	1.6	2.6	1.9	1.6	8.0	2.8
Latvia	-6.1	-1.3	-2.6	1.1	0.5	-7.8
Lithuania	-3.5	-5.1	-0.3	-1.0	2.3	2.4
Luxembourg	-5.5	-1.6	-4.2	-7.8	-0.9	-5.9
Hungary	-5.2	-7.5	-3.5	1.7	-3.1	-2.3
Malta	4.4	7.4	-5.3	-5.5	-1.7	2.1
Netherlands	-3.8	-1.3	-2.5	-1.1	-3.8	-2.0
Austria	-5.7	-1.4	-4.8	-6.0	-4.5	-1.4
Poland	-0.9	-0.5	1.0	1.2	-3.1	4.7
Portugal	-1.6	-5.2	-1.7	1.0	4.0	4.5
Romania	-2.5	1.0	-4.1	-1.7	3.7	3.8
Slovenia	-2.7	-11.0	-3.5	2.6	-7.6	7.4
Slovakia	2.0	4.8	3.6	0.1	-6.9	6.4
Finland	0.3	-7.6	-0.9	1.6	-9.1	-6.8
Sweden	3.3	2.7	-1.9	-3.1	2.3	-3.6
Norway	2.5	7.7	8.3	1.7	4.6	3.5
Switzerland	-0.9	-0.9	-2.1	-2.0	-3.8	:
* Calendar adjusted : Data not available Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Production indices for total industry, calendar and seasonally adjusted (base year 2021)
	Nov-23	Dec-23	Jan-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Apr-24
Euro area	98.0	99.4	97.2	97.3	97.8	97.7
EU	99.5	100.7	98.8	99.0	99.0	99.5
Belgium	88.5	93.1	89.8	90.0	93.2	93.6
Bulgaria	98.8	102.8	98.6	98.8	98.4	101.6
Czechia	99.7	102.8	99.6	101.7	100.1	100.7
Denmark	129.8	129.1	127.9	129.7	125.1	138.1
Germany	95.3	93.3	94.2	94.9	94.6	94.9
Estonia	87.5	92.0	84.4	86.3	87.3	86.0
Ireland*	102.5	121.8	97.8	92.8	102.5	99.0
Greece	105.4	106.4	110.1	108.1	106.4	113.9
Spain	101.8	100.9	102.0	103.3	102.2	102.2
France	100.9	101.2	100.1	100.4	100.2	100.8
Croatia	103.2	98.9	98.6	96.1	96.6	96.6
Italy	96.2	97.4	95.9	95.9	95.4	94.4
Cyprus	105.8	106.4	105.8	106.2	108.6	106.8
Latvia	94.9	95.9	94.5	96.5	95.8	91.1
Lithuania	101.0	98.4	102.2	99.3	103.3	107.5
Luxembourg	91.9	93.0	90.8	89.9	94.0	87.7
Hungary	98.3	98.8	98.0	101.2	98.1	97.5
Malta	108.5	114.1	103.7	105.6	108.5	109.5
Netherlands	99.9	103.2	100.5	101.5	100.6	101.1
Austria	100.5	102.7	100.8	100.8	101.4	103.6
Poland	110.1	110.3	110.8	110.8	105.2	112.3
Portugal	99.0	97.1	100.0	100.6	103.4	100.9
Romania	97.6	99.2	95.8	99.0	103.0	101.7
Slovenia	97.4	89.2	96.4	99.5	93.0	98.5
Slovakia	95.5	99.4	96.6	97.1	95.8	99.0
Finland	101.0	97.8	101.3	101.1	96.2	96.3
Sweden	101.9	103.1	102.4	101.7	102.3	99.7
Norway	102.1	103.4	105.3	100.9	104.4	103.9
Switzerland	105.8	108.4	106.4	105.6	108.0	:
* CSO Ireland is carrying out a review of the seasonal adjustment methodology for industrial production. : Data not available Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Production indices for total industry, calendar adjusted (base year 2021)
	Nov-23	Dec-23	Jan-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Apr-24
Euro area	105.3	95.1	94.2	94.5	104.3	96.6
EU	106.5	96.8	95.7	96.2	106.0	98.3
Belgium	89.2	91.5	86.5	86.6	101.5	89.8
Bulgaria	102.2	105.4	93.7	93.6	101.5	98.5
Czechia	108.6	95.3	95.8	98.1	107.9	100.0
Denmark	133.6	133.8	129.3	124.8	133.3	134.7
Germany	101.8	89.3	88.0	92.8	103.0	93.6
Estonia	91.1	88.4	80.9	81.5	93.1	86.0
Ireland	136.0	116.8	105.1	71.9	91.0	98.5
Greece	103.0	106.7	100.6	105.9	108.2	112.6
Spain	106.4	92.3	100.2	104.9	108.0	102.5
France	105.0	102.5	103.2	100.2	108.7	100.2
Croatia	107.2	95.1	90.2	93.0	103.2	96.6
Italy	100.5	86.1	90.6	98.6	105.8	93.2
Cyprus	106.6	107.0	97.4	100.4	109.4	103.6
Latvia	100.8	102.1	74.5	83.5	96.8	88.9
Lithuania	105.6	98.7	98.3	93.7	105.8	103.9
Luxembourg	94.5	86.0	86.5	89.0	103.9	89.7
Hungary	103.5	89.4	92.8	102.2	105.5	95.6
Malta	109.4	100.7	98.8	99.4	113.1	107.3
Netherlands	103.4	104.1	98.0	97.8	107.6	99.3
Austria	106.4	102.8	91.1	96.2	110.4	102.8
Poland	114.5	106.6	106.1	107.5	115.2	111.2
Portugal	103.0	89.0	101.6	98.0	109.8	98.9
Romania	102.5	94.5	91.3	94.9	108.7	99.3
Slovenia	102.1	80.1	93.0	97.0	102.9	96.9
Slovakia	102.8	87.5	96.7	100.1	100.9	100.0
Finland	104.0	107.4	99.3	95.8	101.1	95.1
Sweden	108.9	105.8	100.6	101.3	116.3	100.5
Norway	107.1	109.9	115.9	100.4	112.2	103.5
Switzerland	107.9	107.6	103.4	99.4	120.2	:
: Data not available Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

Compared with data issued in the News Release of 15 May 2024, the monthly percentage change for March 2024 has been revised from +0.6% to +0.5% in the euro area and from +0.2% to 0.0% in the EU. The annual percentage change has been revised from -1.0% to -1.2% in the euro area and from -1.0% to -1.1% in the EU.

Methods and definitions

The index of industrial production measures the evolution of the volume of production for industry excluding construction, based on data adjusted for calendar and seasonal effects.

Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national data.

Total industry covers NACE rev.2 sections B to D. Missing observations from Member States for recent months are estimated for the calculation of the euro area and the EU aggregates.

Starting with reference period January 2024, the base year of the data has been changed to 2021, since 2018 the base year had been 2015. More information on the reasons for and impact of the base year change can be found in the related Statistics Explained article.

Geographical information

The euro area (EA20) includes Belgium, 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.