Industrial production down by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.6% in the EU

Overview

In January 2026, compared with December 2025, seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.6% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In December 2025, industrial production fell by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU.

In January 2026, compared with January 2025, industrial production decreased by 1.2% in the euro area and by 0.6% in the EU.

Industrial production

Monthly comparison by main industrial grouping and by Member State

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

decreased for intermediate goods by 1.9%,
increased for energy by 4.7%,
decreased for capital goods by 2.3%,
decreased for durable consumer goods by 1.9%,
decreased for non-durable consumer goods by 6.0%.

In the EU, industrial production

decreased for intermediate goods by 2.0%,
increased for energy by 4.2%,
decreased for capital goods by 2.3%,
decreased for durable consumer goods by 1.9%,
decreased for non-durable consumer goods by 6.0%.

The largest monthly decreases were recorded in Ireland (-9.8%), Luxembourg (-4.3%) and Sweden (-4.1%). The highest increases were observed in Portugal (+4.2%), Latvia (+3.3%) and Lithuania (+2.7%).

Annual comparison by main industrial grouping and by Member State

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

decreased for intermediate goods by 2.1%,
increased for energy by 5.8%,
increased for capital goods by 1.1%,
decreased for durable consumer goods by 3.5%,
decreased for non-durable consumer goods by 6.4%.

In the EU, industrial production

decreased for intermediate goods by 2.2%,
increased for energy by 5.2%,
increased for capital goods by 1.7%,
decreased for durable consumer goods by 3.5%,
decreased for non-durable consumer goods by 4.5%.

The largest annual decreases were recorded in Luxembourg (-14.9%), Ireland (-13.1%) and Bulgaria (-8.6%). The highest increases were observed in Latvia (+13.3%), Denmark (+11.5%) and Estonia (+5.9%).

Tables

Industrial production % change compared with previous month*
	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26
Euro area 21
Total industry	-0.8	0.0	0.7	0.2	-0.6	-1.5
Intermediate goods	-0.2	0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.2	-1.9
Energy	-0.3	1.1	1.7	-2.6	-0.3	4.7
Capital goods	-1.2	-0.1	0.4	2.4	-0.7	-2.3
Durable consumer goods	-1.4	-0.5	2.6	-1.6	-0.1	-1.9
Non-durable consumer goods	0.1	-2.7	1.3	-1.5	0.4	-6.0
EU
Total industry	-0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-1.6
Intermediate goods	0.0	0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.2	-2.0
Energy	-0.3	1.0	1.0	-1.6	-0.6	4.2
Capital goods	-0.8	0.0	0.6	1.9	-0.4	-2.3
Durable consumer goods	-1.0	0.0	2.0	-2.1	0.3	-1.9
Non-durable consumer goods	-0.3	-0.5	-0.3	-2.0	2.0	-6.0
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Industrial production % change compared with previous month*
	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26
Euro area 21	-0.8	0.0	0.7	0.2	-0.6	-1.5
Euro area 20	-0.7	-0.1	0.7	0.2	-0.5	-1.5
EU	-0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-1.6
Belgium	-0.3	-1.6	-2.5	0.7	3.6	-3.2
Bulgaria	0.3	2.8	-2.3	-1.4	-0.1	-2.6
Czechia	-0.7	0.5	0.4	2.0	1.1	-2.6
Denmark	-2.6	8.4	-4.5	-4.1	2.0	2.6
Germany	-3.4	1.3	1.5	0.8	-1.7	-1.3
Estonia	2.8	-0.9	1.6	5.0	-1.0	-0.9
Ireland	8.8	-9.5	3.2	-1.9	1.9	-9.8
Greece	-4.0	5.2	-2.0	0.6	2.9	0.8
Spain	-0.3	0.4	0.7	1.0	-2.4	-0.5
France	-1.1	0.6	0.2	-0.1	-0.5	0.5
Croatia	0.1	0.6	2.1	0.6	1.2	-2.4
Italy	-2.2	2.3	-1.0	1.2	-0.5	-0.6
Cyprus	-0.1	1.4	0.2	1.2	-1.4	2.0
Latvia	-0.9	1.3	1.0	0.4	-0.8	3.3
Lithuania	1.8	-1.8	-0.6	2.3	-0.3	2.7
Luxembourg	2.6	-2.5	3.4	-8.8	0.8	-4.3
Hungary	-2.1	1.4	0.1	-1.6	1.0	1.5
Malta	0.3	0.2	1.2	-2.4	3.6	2.5
Netherlands	2.6	0.1	0.2	-0.9	0.6	0.0
Austria	-3.6	0.9	0.6	-1.1	2.1	0.5
Poland	-0.4	1.8	0.3	-2.8	3.3	-2.8
Portugal	1.1	1.0	0.9	-3.3	-2.3	4.2
Romania	-1.9	1.2	0.5	-0.6	0.8	-3.3
Slovenia	-1.7	1.4	0.0	-0.3	-1.0	1.0
Slovakia	2.1	4.2	-3.5	-0.2	-1.9	1.2
Finland	1.5	0.0	1.7	0.3	-0.7	-1.2
Sweden	4.0	5.7	-7.2	-0.4	3.4	-4.1
Norway	1.4	4.0	-3.0	-1.9	0.9	1.0
Switzerland	-1.6	4.5	-2.7	1.8	-12.4	:
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted : Data not available Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Industrial production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26
Euro area 21
Total industry	1.3	1.3	1.9	2.2	2.2	-1.2
Intermediate goods	-1.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	1.5	-2.1
Energy	-0.8	1.8	5.0	0.5	-1.0	5.8
Capital goods	-0.1	1.3	0.5	3.5	5.6	1.1
Durable consumer goods	-2.4	-2.6	1.0	-2.4	-2.5	-3.5
Non-durable consumer goods	8.7	2.5	4.8	3.9	0.0	-6.4
EU
Total industry	1.3	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.3	-0.6
Intermediate goods	-0.9	0.6	0.5	0.1	1.9	-2.2
Energy	-1.1	1.3	3.5	0.2	-1.5	5.2
Capital goods	0.7	1.9	1.1	3.8	5.9	1.7
Durable consumer goods	-1.8	-1.3	0.8	-3.0	-1.8	-3.5
Non-durable consumer goods	7.1	4.8	4.5	3.0	0.0	-4.5
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Industrial production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26
Euro area 21	1.3	1.3	1.9	2.2	2.2	-1.2
Euro area 20	1.3	1.3	2.0	2.2	2.2	-1.1
EU	1.3	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.3	-0.6
Belgium	2.3	2.3	0.4	3.4	11.2	4.0
Bulgaria	-9.0	-5.7	-7.5	-9.1	-6.7	-8.6
Czechia	0.1	0.9	1.8	6.0	4.9	2.8
Denmark	-3.8	11.0	0.9	0.3	-4.3	11.5
Germany	-3.9	-0.9	1.2	1.0	0.5	-1.6
Estonia	2.0	-0.4	-0.7	3.0	1.8	5.9
Ireland	28.5	6.7	8.7	8.4	7.5	-13.1
Greece	-2.0	8.3	3.1	2.6	4.0	5.5
Spain	3.0	1.6	1.3	4.9	-0.3	-0.2
France	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.7	1.5	2.3
Croatia	3.0	0.0	5.3	8.7	4.5	-0.8
Italy	-2.1	1.5	-0.2	1.1	2.7	-0.6
Cyprus	2.3	4.4	3.7	9.3	2.2	4.6
Latvia	2.3	6.2	8.4	7.2	1.0	13.3
Lithuania	0.7	-2.6	2.3	2.6	0.2	0.2
Luxembourg	10.2	-1.9	2.8	-8.0	-11.4	-14.9
Hungary	-4.8	-1.5	-3.2	-5.6	-1.0	0.3
Malta	5.2	1.0	2.7	-7.4	-6.5	5.7
Netherlands	2.0	4.0	3.1	1.5	3.0	2.9
Austria	-0.2	0.8	4.1	0.8	3.6	2.1
Poland	2.5	5.9	3.5	-0.6	6.8	-0.9
Portugal	1.6	2.5	-0.4	0.2	2.8	1.6
Romania	-1.0	0.4	0.5	-0.7	1.3	-3.9
Slovenia	-1.8	-1.4	-3.2	-1.9	-3.7	-2.9
Slovakia	-6.2	0.8	-3.6	-4.2	-8.5	2.6
Finland	-1.6	-0.2	2.5	1.8	2.3	0.1
Sweden	8.3	14.3	5.2	2.9	4.5	3.1
Norway	1.7	20.6	5.1	2.0	2.3	6.4
Switzerland	0.8	8.2	2.5	5.5	-10.0	:
* Calendar adjusted : Data not available Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Production indices for total industry, calendar and seasonally adjusted (base year 2021)
	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26
Euro area 21	98.2	98.2	98.9	99.1	98.5	97.0
Euro area 20	98.3	98.2	98.9	99.1	98.6	97.1
EU	99.9	100.4	100.6	100.5	100.4	98.8
Belgium	93.0	91.5	89.2	89.8	93.0	90.0
Bulgaria	91.9	94.5	92.3	91.0	90.9	88.5
Czechia	100.8	101.3	101.7	103.7	104.8	102.1
Denmark	128.0	138.7	132.4	127.0	129.6	133.0
Germany	89.8	91.0	92.4	93.1	91.5	90.3
Estonia	89.5	88.7	90.1	94.6	93.7	92.9
Ireland	129.0	116.8	120.5	118.2	120.5	108.7
Greece	109.0	114.7	112.4	113.1	116.4	117.3
Spain	102.2	102.6	103.3	104.3	101.8	101.3
France	102.6	103.2	103.4	103.3	102.8	103.3
Croatia	101.6	102.2	104.3	104.9	106.2	103.7
Italy	92.3	94.4	93.5	94.6	94.1	93.5
Cyprus	110.7	112.3	112.5	113.9	112.3	114.6
Latvia	96.5	97.8	98.8	99.2	98.4	101.6
Lithuania	106.9	105.0	104.4	106.8	106.5	109.4
Luxembourg	90.9	88.6	91.6	83.5	84.2	80.6
Hungary	91.9	93.2	93.3	91.8	92.7	94.1
Malta	115.3	115.5	116.9	114.1	118.2	121.1
Netherlands	103.1	103.2	103.4	102.5	103.1	103.1
Austria	102.0	102.9	103.5	102.4	104.5	105.0
Poland	112.5	114.5	114.8	111.6	115.3	112.1
Portugal	98.3	99.3	100.2	96.9	94.7	98.7
Romania	95.6	96.7	97.2	96.6	97.4	94.2
Slovenia	91.9	93.2	93.2	92.9	92.0	92.9
Slovakia	96.0	100.0	96.5	96.3	94.5	95.6
Finland	101.3	101.3	103.0	103.3	102.6	101.4
Sweden	108.4	114.6	106.4	106.0	109.6	105.1
Norway	106.4	110.7	107.4	105.4	106.3	107.4
Switzerland	110.3	115.3	112.2	114.2	100.0	:
: Data not available Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Production indices for total industry, calendar adjusted (base year 2021)
	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26
Euro area 21	83.9	102.5	104.0	105.6	95.0	92.5
Euro area 20	83.8	102.5	104.1	105.6	95.0	92.6
EU	86.3	104.6	106.1	106.9	97.2	94.5
Belgium	85.4	96.1	95.1	90.1	91.0	86.6
Bulgaria	89.7	96.8	98.1	95.4	94.9	83.0
Czechia	93.8	104.5	107.7	112.4	97.2	98.3
Denmark	124.8	142.8	139.5	135.2	131.6	134.3
Germany	82.3	94.6	94.7	100.0	87.0	84.4
Estonia	86.3	90.1	95.3	99.0	91.3	89.3
Ireland	120.8	132.6	135.5	136.9	122.8	93.9
Greece	101.5	118.5	110.2	108.7	120.8	106.7
Spain	80.1	105.9	109.6	110.4	93.4	97.9
France	80.4	103.4	107.8	108.0	106.3	108.7
Croatia	87.1	106.0	112.4	109.0	104.8	95.8
Italy	61.7	100.2	101.4	99.7	82.4	89.2
Cyprus	92.3	118.0	115.0	111.0	111.7	109.0
Latvia	101.2	101.8	108.2	106.1	94.5	81.0
Lithuania	107.7	107.4	108.5	111.7	104.9	105.1
Luxembourg	78.6	90.6	97.1	83.5	80.2	74.1
Hungary	81.3	101.2	99.2	96.9	82.4	89.6
Malta	107.6	120.3	122.2	115.7	107.6	115.7
Netherlands	94.8	104.5	106.1	106.3	103.7	100.1
Austria	90.4	107.3	107.5	107.1	104.0	95.1
Poland	104.9	118.1	124.1	115.0	112.4	107.1
Portugal	81.3	101.0	101.7	101.1	86.9	100.6
Romania	87.1	99.1	102.4	101.1	92.3	89.4
Slovenia	76.8	96.5	98.8	97.6	82.7	90.3
Slovakia	85.6	101.5	106.3	102.3	83.9	93.7
Finland	98.5	103.8	108.4	108.3	111.8	97.7
Sweden	93.6	118.6	113.5	112.2	116.8	103.2
Norway	107.7	98.8	111.9	109.7	112.7	115.3
Switzerland	100.3	116.5	117.0	115.9	99.3	:
: Data not available Source dataset: sts_inpr_m

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

Compared with data issued in the News Release of 16 February 2026, the monthly percentage change for December 2025 has been revised from -1.4% to -0.5% in the euro area (EA20) and from -0.8% to -0.1% in the EU. The annual percentage change has been revised from +1.2% to +2.2 in the euro area (EA20) and from +1.4% to +2.3% 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

Up to 31 December 2025, the euro area included Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland (EA20). From 1 January 2026, the euro area also includes Bulgaria (EA21).

The aggregate data series commented on in this Euro indicator release refer to the official composition of the euro area in the most recent month for which data are available. Thus, Euro indicator releases with data for months up to December 2025 comment on EA20 series, while releases with data for January 2026 onwards will comment on EA21 series.

The European Union 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 (EU27).