Industrial production down by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU

Overview

In May 2026, compared with April 2026, seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In April 2026, industrial production grew by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU.

In May 2026, compared with May 2025, industrial production decreased by 1.2% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU.

Industrial production

Monthly comparison by main industrial grouping and by Member State

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

decreased for intermediate goods by 0.3%,
increased for energy by 2.2%,
increased for capital goods by 0.3%,
decreased for durable consumer goods by 1.1%,
increased for non-durable consumer goods by 0.8%.

In the EU, industrial production

decreased for intermediate goods by 0.1%,
increased for energy by 2.0%,
increased for capital goods by 0.3%,
decreased for durable consumer goods by 0.4%,
increased for non-durable consumer goods by 0.6%.

Among the Member States for which data are available, the largest monthly decreases were recorded in Ireland (-5.2%), Malta (-3.7%) and Lithuania (-3.0%). The highest increases were observed in Luxembourg (+2.7%), Hungary (+2.3%) and Poland (+2.0%).

Annual comparison by main industrial grouping and by Member State

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

increased for intermediate goods by 1.2%,
increased for energy by 1.3%,
increased for capital goods by 2.6%,
decreased for durable consumer goods by 3.0%,
decreased for non-durable consumer goods by 10.7%.

In the EU, industrial production

increased for intermediate goods by 1.7%,
increased for energy by 1.6%,
increased for capital goods by 3.0%,
decreased for durable consumer goods by 1.7%,
decreased for non-durable consumer goods by 8.1%.

Among the Member States for which data are available, the largest annual decreases were recorded in Ireland (-19.7%), Bulgaria (-4.7%) and Estonia (-3.0%). The highest increases were observed in Denmark and Sweden (both +6.5%), Latvia (+6.2%) and Hungary (+5.4%).

Tables

Industrial production % change compared with previous month*
	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26
Euro area
Total industry	-0.3	-1.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	-0.2
Intermediate goods	0.0	-1.2	0.5	0.9	0.8	-0.3
Energy	0.2	4.1	-2.3	-1.7	-0.2	2.2
Capital goods	-0.2	-2.0	1.0	1.4	-0.3	0.3
Durable consumer goods	0.3	-1.0	-0.8	-1.0	1.5	-1.1
Non-durable consumer goods	0.2	-4.5	1.5	-4.5	1.6	0.8
EU
Total industry	0.1	-1.1	0.2	0.8	0.2	-0.1
Intermediate goods	0.4	-1.6	0.5	1.5	0.7	-0.1
Energy	-0.1	4.0	-2.3	-1.6	0.1	2.0
Capital goods	0.1	-2.2	1.0	1.5	-0.2	0.3
Durable consumer goods	0.6	0.3	-1.3	-0.2	0.4	-0.4
Non-durable consumer goods	1.9	-4.4	1.0	-2.7	0.8	0.6
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Industrial production % change compared with previous month*
	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26
Euro area	-0.3	-1.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	-0.2
EU	0.1	-1.1	0.2	0.8	0.2	-0.1
Belgium	3.7	-0.8	-0.1	-3.0	:	:
Bulgaria	-0.1	-3.6	1.6	5.3	-4.6	-0.2
Czechia	1.1	-3.1	1.5	-0.1	1.5	-0.5
Denmark	2.0	6.5	-3.7	6.4	-0.6	-2.6
Germany	-1.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.2	0.8
Estonia	-0.8	-1.0	-0.9	-2.4	1.3	-0.2
Ireland	2.0	-10.2	4.6	-0.4	1.6	-5.2
Greece	2.8	1.7	-2.1	1.0	-3.1	1.9
Spain	-2.4	-0.6	0.0	2.8	-0.5	1.2
France	-0.6	0.1	-0.8	1.4	0.3	-0.1
Croatia	0.9	-1.8	-0.7	-1.1	-0.6	-2.0
Italy	-0.5	-0.6	0.1	0.7	0.4	-0.3
Cyprus	-1.5	1.7	-2.3	1.6	0.1	0.0
Latvia	-0.9	3.0	-0.6	1.2	0.0	0.4
Lithuania	-0.3	4.8	0.5	3.2	-1.7	-3.0
Luxembourg	0.3	-3.4	-5.9	4.0	2.3	2.7
Hungary	1.2	0.9	-0.6	3.2	-1.0	2.3
Malta	0.8	4.3	-2.3	-0.6	3.5	-3.7
Netherlands	-0.6	1.9	-1.8	1.7	2.0	0.1
Austria	1.9	0.3	-0.2	-1.4	0.4	-0.8
Poland	3.3	-2.8	0.2	5.4	-3.4	2.0
Portugal	-3.0	4.2	-0.4	4.4	-2.6	0.9
Romania	0.8	-3.0	-0.4	0.4	1.5	:
Slovenia	-0.8	-0.2	-0.9	4.3	-0.1	0.8
Slovakia	-1.7	1.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0
Finland	-0.6	-1.4	3.1	2.8	-2.0	-1.4
Sweden	3.3	-4.0	2.6	-1.7	3.4	0.7
Norway	0.8	1.2	-0.8	-1.0	0.6	:
Switzerland	-11.3	7.7	-3.3	2.4	:	:
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted : Data not available Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Industrial production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26
Euro area
Total industry	2.2	-1.1	-1.0	-2.8	0.4	-1.2
Intermediate goods	1.3	-1.8	-1.7	-1.1	0.6	1.2
Energy	-0.8	5.8	1.3	0.0	1.9	1.3
Capital goods	5.5	0.0	1.9	1.9	3.4	2.6
Durable consumer goods	-2.6	-2.3	-1.8	-5.2	-3.4	-3.0
Non-durable consumer goods	0.0	-5.6	-5.5	-13.3	-4.9	-10.7
EU
Total industry	2.3	-0.4	-0.5	-1.6	0.9	-0.3
Intermediate goods	1.9	-2.1	-1.5	-0.3	1.0	1.7
Energy	-1.3	5.6	1.4	0.3	1.7	1.6
Capital goods	5.9	0.8	2.2	2.1	3.4	3.0
Durable consumer goods	-2.1	-1.2	-1.3	-3.6	-3.1	-1.7
Non-durable consumer goods	0.1	-3.6	-4.1	-9.6	-2.9	-8.1
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Industrial production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26
Euro area	2.2	-1.1	-1.0	-2.8	0.4	-1.2
EU	2.3	-0.4	-0.5	-1.6	0.9	-0.3
Belgium	11.2	7.0	5.9	0.3	:	:
Bulgaria	-6.7	-9.9	-8.7	4.7	-3.8	-4.7
Czechia	4.9	2.4	1.0	0.9	1.6	2.0
Denmark	-4.2	14.8	6.4	15.4	12.9	6.5
Germany	0.9	-1.2	-0.1	-4.1	-1.1	-0.8
Estonia	1.8	5.9	-0.5	-2.9	-3.9	-3.0
Ireland	7.5	-13.1	-11.4	-22.1	-4.3	-19.7
Greece	4.0	5.4	1.4	7.5	2.1	4.0
Spain	-0.3	-0.6	-1.5	2.2	2.0	3.4
France	1.4	1.8	-0.6	1.3	2.9	3.0
Croatia	4.0	-0.9	1.2	0.8	-2.1	-1.1
Italy	2.7	-0.6	0.4	1.4	1.1	1.1
Cyprus	3.4	4.1	-1.8	2.5	1.5	2.5
Latvia	1.0	12.0	6.4	9.5	7.0	6.2
Lithuania	0.2	3.0	5.0	4.9	7.5	1.3
Luxembourg	-3.4	-5.7	-10.3	-4.1	-4.3	-0.2
Hungary	-1.0	-0.7	-1.0	3.8	0.9	5.4
Malta	-7.1	6.6	1.3	-2.3	6.2	0.8
Netherlands	0.7	2.5	-0.2	1.1	4.3	4.1
Austria	3.6	1.2	1.3	-0.4	0.4	-0.5
Poland	6.8	-0.9	0.3	5.3	2.0	5.3
Portugal	2.4	1.4	-3.6	4.0	0.1	-2.1
Romania	1.3	-3.4	-1.9	-2.5	-3.5	:
Slovenia	-3.3	-4.5	-4.2	2.4	3.7	4.2
Slovakia	-8.4	2.5	-2.9	-0.9	-3.2	-2.0
Finland	1.9	-0.8	5.1	7.1	3.0	0.6
Sweden	5.2	2.8	6.7	2.8	5.2	6.5
Norway	2.3	6.4	3.3	2.3	1.2	:
Switzerland	-8.9	-0.4	-6.3	-13.1	:	:
* Calendar adjusted : Data not available Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Production indices for total industry, calendar and seasonally adjusted (base year 2021)
	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26
Euro area	98.4	97.3	97.6	97.9	98.2	98.0
EU	100.3	99.2	99.4	100.2	100.4	100.3
Belgium	93.1	92.4	92.3	89.5	:	:
Bulgaria	90.9	87.6	89.0	93.7	89.4	89.2
Czechia	104.8	101.5	103.0	102.9	104.4	103.9
Denmark	129.8	138.3	133.2	141.7	140.9	137.2
Germany	91.7	91.6	91.6	90.9	91.1	91.8
Estonia	93.6	92.7	91.9	89.7	90.9	90.7
Ireland	118.2	106.1	111.0	110.6	112.4	106.6
Greece	116.1	118.1	115.6	116.8	113.2	115.3
Spain	102.0	101.4	101.4	104.2	103.7	104.9
France	102.8	102.9	102.1	103.5	103.8	103.7
Croatia	105.5	103.6	102.9	101.8	101.2	99.2
Italy	94.2	93.6	93.7	94.4	94.8	94.5
Cyprus	113.2	115.1	112.4	114.2	114.3	114.3
Latvia	98.1	101.0	100.4	101.6	101.6	102.0
Lithuania	106.5	111.6	112.2	115.8	113.8	110.4
Luxembourg	90.8	87.7	82.5	85.8	87.8	90.2
Hungary	93.0	93.8	93.2	96.2	95.2	97.4
Malta	116.5	121.5	118.7	118.0	122.1	117.6
Netherlands	100.9	102.8	100.9	102.6	104.7	104.8
Austria	104.1	104.4	104.2	102.7	103.1	102.3
Poland	115.3	112.1	112.3	118.4	114.4	116.7
Portugal	94.2	98.2	97.8	102.1	99.4	100.3
Romania	97.4	94.5	94.1	94.5	95.9	:
Slovenia	92.3	92.1	91.3	95.2	95.1	95.9
Slovakia	94.6	95.8	96.1	96.8	96.8	96.8
Finland	102.9	101.5	104.6	107.5	105.4	103.9
Sweden	110.3	105.9	108.7	106.9	110.5	111.3
Norway	106.0	107.3	106.4	105.3	105.9	:
Switzerland	101.5	109.3	105.7	108.2	:	:
: Data not available Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Production indices for total industry, calendar adjusted (base year 2021)
	Dec-25	Jan-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26
Euro area	95.0	93.0	95.5	105.3	97.1	97.8
EU	97.2	95.0	97.3	107.7	99.4	100.1
Belgium	91.0	89.1	89.2	97.3	:	:
Bulgaria	94.9	81.8	82.8	96.1	85.7	84.9
Czechia	97.2	97.9	99.6	111.5	104.6	105.9
Denmark	131.7	138.5	129.6	146.0	137.6	134.2
Germany	87.4	85.9	89.9	99.5	90.1	89.9
Estonia	91.3	89.3	88.0	96.7	92.1	95.7
Ireland	122.8	93.9	98.7	105.7	108.5	105.3
Greece	120.8	106.6	113.9	118.9	111.7	116.2
Spain	93.4	97.5	100.7	110.0	103.0	111.1
France	106.2	108.1	102.5	113.3	103.4	96.9
Croatia	104.5	95.8	99.4	107.4	100.7	102.1
Italy	82.4	89.2	96.0	104.6	94.4	101.5
Cyprus	113.1	110.3	108.4	115.7	112.7	117.6
Latvia	94.5	80.1	88.4	100.2	96.5	107.6
Lithuania	104.9	108.0	106.5	118.8	113.0	112.7
Luxembourg	87.4	82.0	83.7	95.7	90.9	91.5
Hungary	82.4	88.7	93.5	104.5	94.5	99.7
Malta	104.7	116.9	112.9	124.1	120.8	119.9
Netherlands	101.4	100.0	97.2	109.2	103.3	104.4
Austria	104.0	94.2	100.5	113.0	102.7	100.3
Poland	112.4	107.1	109.1	125.4	115.2	116.1
Portugal	86.5	100.2	95.5	108.6	97.7	104.0
Romania	92.3	89.8	89.9	99.2	93.5	:
Slovenia	82.9	88.8	88.8	104.7	94.6	99.8
Slovakia	83.8	93.7	96.3	104.2	96.7	97.2
Finland	111.4	96.8	97.4	115.5	105.0	102.7
Sweden	117.6	103.7	108.3	119.1	111.8	110.5
Norway	112.7	115.3	103.7	111.1	105.0	:
Switzerland	100.5	108.4	101.8	119.5	:	:
: Data not available Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

Compared with data issued in the News Release of 15 June 2026, the monthly percentage increase for April 2026 has been revised from +0.1% to +0.3% in the euro area and from +0.1% to +0.2% in the EU. The annual percentage increase has been revised from +0.3% to +0.4% in the euro area and remained unchanged at +0.9% 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.

Geographical information

The 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.