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

Overview

In December 2024, compared with November 2024, seasonally adjusted production in construction remained stable in the euro area and increased by 0.4% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In November 2024, production in construction grew by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU.

In December 2024, compared with December 2023, production in construction decreased by 0.1% the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU.

The annual average production in construction for the year 2024, compared with 2023, decreased by 0.9% in the euro area and by 1.3% in the EU.

Monthly comparison by construction sector and by Member State

In the euro area in December 2024, compared with November 2024, production in construction

decreased by 0.1% for construction of buildings,
remained stable for civil engineering,
decreased by 0.2% for specialised construction activities.

In the EU, production in construction

increased by 0.6% for construction of buildings,
increased by 0.7% for civil engineering,
decreased by 0.1% for specialised construction activities.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest monthly increases in production in construction were recorded in Poland (+5.7%), Czechia (+4.6%) and Portugal (+3.6%). The largest decreases were observed in Bulgaria (-3.4%), the Netherlands (-2.0%) and Italy (-1.7%).

Annual comparison by construction sector and by Member State

In the euro area in December 2024, compared with December 2023, production in construction

increased by 0.1% for construction of buildings,
increased by 2.0% for civil engineering,
decreased by 1.4% for specialised construction activities.

In the EU, production in construction

decreased by 1.3% for construction of buildings,
increased by 1.1% for civil engineering,
decreased by 1.3% for specialised construction activities.

Among Member States for which data are available, the largest annual decreases in production in construction were recorded in Romania (-12.9%), Poland (-9.9%) and Austria (-9.3%). The highest increases were observed in Spain (+11.2%), Czechia (+9.7%) and Slovakia (+5.8%).

Tables

Production in construction % change compared with the previous month*
	2024
	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Euro area
Total construction	-0.5	0.3	-0.4	0.4	0.6	0.0
Construction of buildings	-0.7	1.7	-0.7	0.0	0.5	-0.1
Civil engineering	-0.4	-1.7	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.0
Specialised construction activities	-0.6	0.3	-0.6	-0.1	0.5	-0.2
EU
Total construction	-0.3	0.4	-0.5	0.3	0.8	0.4
Construction of buildings	-0.2	2.4	-1.1	0.0	-0.1	0.6
Civil engineering	-1.2	-1.8	0.7	1.7	1.3	0.7
Specialised construction activities	-0.4	0.3	-0.6	0.0	0.4	-0.1
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Production in construction % change compared with the previous month*
				2024
	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Euro area	-0.5	0.3	-0.4	0.4	0.6	0.0
EU	-0.3	0.4	-0.5	0.3	0.8	0.4
Belgium	2.3	-3.3	1.1	1.1	1.3	-1.2
Bulgaria	0.5	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.8	-3.4
Czechia	6.6	-2.0	-4.8	4.1	2.0	4.6
Denmark	-0.4	-1.9	0.4	2.8	-0.5	-0.6
Germany	-0.9	0.3	-0.5	-0.2	0.7	0.0
Estonia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	1.3	0.1	1.4	1.7	1.1	1.6
France	-2.3	0.5	-0.6	-1.5	0.4	1.3
Croatia**	3.7	0.9	-0.2	2.7	0.3	:
Italy	1.4	-2.1	1.0	0.7	2.3	-1.7
Cyprus**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg**	-4.8	18.4	-11.1	0.3	0.4	:
Hungary	0.6	-0.8	-4.0	4.1	-0.9	0.6
Malta**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	-1.2	6.8	-3.8	0.9	0.5	-2.0
Austria	0.6	-0.8	-2.1	4.6	-5.6	-0.7
Poland	0.5	-0.2	0.3	-2.1	4.1	5.7
Portugal	-1.2	-0.3	1.0	4.2	-3.5	3.6
Romania	0.2	4.0	0.2	-8.7	5.4	3.4
Slovenia	2.6	-2.1	2.8	0.2	11.3	1.7
Slovakia	-1.4	-4.0	-3.5	8.0	5.4	-1.2
Finland	2.1	2.1	-3.6	1.5	-0.9	1.3
Sweden	-2.4	5.4	-3.1	1.2	1.3	1.4
Norway	0.8	-1.3	-0.8	-0.8	0.1	-1.2
* 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*
	2024
	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Euro area
Total construction	-2.0	-2.2	-1.9	-0.5	0.3	-0.1
Construction of buildings	-2.6	-1.7	-1.3	-0.2	0.9	0.1
Civil engineering	0.2	-2.3	-0.8	2.2	3.6	2.0
Specialised construction activities	-2.8	-2.8	-2.4	-1.5	-0.6	-1.4
EU
Total construction	-2.3	-2.3	-2.4	-1.3	-0.2	-0.8
Construction of buildings	-3.7	-2.5	-2.7	-1.0	-1.0	-1.3
Civil engineering	0.2	-3.1	-2.3	0.9	3.5	1.1
Specialised construction activities	-2.6	-2.7	-2.4	-1.7	-0.6	-1.3
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Production in construction % change compared with the same month of the previous year*
	2024
	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Euro area	-2.0	-2.2	-1.9	-0.5	0.3	-0.1
EU	-2.3	-2.3	-2.4	-1.3	-0.2	-0.8
Belgium	-7.4	-1.3	-1.7	4.0	4.8	-7.2
Bulgaria	2.9	5.0	5.4	5.9	8.6	2.2
Czechia	1.3	-1.1	-8.1	-3.7	2.5	9.7
Denmark	2.0	-1.1	-0.4	2.0	2.0	1.2
Germany	-5.6	-3.7	-4.3	-2.6	-1.7	1.4
Estonia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	2.4	0.9	4.7	8.5	9.5	11.2
France	-5.1	-5.3	-4.4	-5.2	-4.1	-4.0
Croatia**	17.3	17.7	14.6	16.0	15.5	:
Italy	7.4	-0.7	1.8	1.9	3.3	-0.6
Cyprus**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg**	-9.3	4.9	-2.8	-2.7	-1.1	:
Hungary	-6.2	-3.9	-8.5	-1.7	-1.0	-4.2
Malta**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	-6.9	3.4	-2.1	-0.6	2.6	-3.3
Austria	-0.1	-0.6	-0.9	2.9	-3.6	-9.3
Poland	-5.4	-7.6	-9.0	-11.4	-5.4	-9.9
Portugal	2.1	1.5	3.4	6.6	2.3	5.1
Romania	-6.0	-4.2	1.1	-15.1	-9.1	-12.9
Slovenia	-13.1	-16.9	-17.2	-14.2	-2.7	2.6
Slovakia	-7.2	-11.0	-19.0	-6.3	-0.1	5.8
Finland	1.9	8.2	-2.4	1.6	2.1	3.7
Sweden	-7.2	-0.9	-3.2	-1.6	1.3	3.4
Norway	0.8	-2.7	-3.6	-4.3	-3.4	-4.5
* 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)
	2024
	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Euro area	102.9	103.2	102.8	103.2	103.8	103.8
EU	102.6	103.0	102.5	102.8	103.6	104.0
Belgium	101.7	98.3	99.4	100.5	101.8	100.6
Bulgaria	103.4	104.8	105.7	105.9	106.8	103.2
Czechia	101.4	99.4	94.6	98.5	100.5	105.1
Denmark	105.7	103.7	104.1	107.0	106.5	105.9
Germany	91.5	91.8	91.3	91.1	91.7	91.7
Estonia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	99.9	100.0	101.4	103.1	104.2	105.9
France	96.6	97.1	96.5	95.1	95.5	96.7
Croatia*	127.7	128.9	128.6	132.1	132.5	:
Italy	137.2	134.3	135.6	136.5	139.6	137.2
Cyprus*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg*	89.9	106.4	94.6	94.9	95.3	:
Hungary	95.7	94.9	91.1	94.8	93.9	94.5
Malta*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	102.9	109.9	105.7	106.7	107.2	105.1
Austria	100.1	99.3	97.2	101.7	96.0	95.3
Poland	104.2	104.0	104.3	102.1	106.3	112.4
Portugal	110.7	110.4	111.5	116.2	112.1	116.1
Romania	126.5	131.6	131.9	120.4	126.9	131.2
Slovenia	126.0	123.3	126.7	126.9	141.2	143.6
Slovakia	77.8	74.7	72.1	77.9	82.1	81.1
Finland	92.6	94.5	91.1	92.5	91.7	92.9
Sweden	87.0	91.7	88.9	90.0	91.2	92.5
Norway	101.5	100.2	99.4	98.6	98.7	97.5
* 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)
				2024
	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Euro area	108.7	81.5	108.6	111.6	112.2	103.1
EU	106.3	84.6	108.7	111.9	113.3	107.9
Belgium	66.1	91.6	113.1	116.6	105.5	83.6
Bulgaria	109.1	107.6	102.2	112.7	109.8	92.2
Czechia	108.7	111.3	107.0	118.1	124.9	110.0
Denmark	94.6	101.4	111.1	116.2	114.8	99.9
Germany	99.2	90.8	96.9	98.6	101.6	101.0
Estonia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	104.6	85.1	95.5	98.1	108.3	137.7
France	101.7	61.2	101.3	104.7	103.2	83.9
Croatia*	131.8	116.9	129.4	136.0	128.2	:
Italy	153.0	91.7	142.4	151.9	149.4	124.2
Cyprus*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg*	96.9	67.0	105.6	108.0	103.1	:
Hungary	99.3	94.1	105.4	98.9	113.5	130.8
Malta*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	109.6	45.9	119.2	109.4	107.4	81.3
Austria	110.5	96.5	108.6	117.2	114.1	111.7
Poland	104.6	105.9	118.6	117.6	126.3	163.9
Portugal	115.6	103.0	112.8	119.6	113.9	106.6
Romania	123.4	136.1	141.3	133.5	153.2	197.8
Slovenia	124.9	120.8	141.2	144.8	172.0	136.3
Slovakia	80.8	78.0	83.6	91.9	103.3	95.6
Finland	93.0	106.9	100.3	104.7	99.0	108.1
Sweden	65.5	83.9	92.0	103.0	105.7	116.5
Norway	66.6	101.3	114.3	111.6	114.2	92.2
* 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

Data of previous months have been revised compared with those issued in News Release of 20 January 2025. The monthly percentage change for November 2024 has been revised from +1.2% to +0.6% in the euro area and from +1.3% to +0.8% in the EU. The annual percentage change has been revised from +1.4% to +0.3% in the euro area and from +0.9% to -0.2% 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.

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.

Estonia, Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Malta 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.

For more information

Database section on short-term business statistics
Statistics Explained article on the production in construction index
The weights of the Member States in the EU and euro area aggregates
(see file Base year 2021 weights - Euro indicators releases)
Euro indicators dashboard
Euro indicators release calendar
European Statistics Code of Practice

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