Production in construction up by 0.2% in the euro area and down by 0.2% in the EU

Overview

In January 2025, compared with December 2024, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 0.2% in the euro area and decreased by 0.2% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In December 2024, production in construction grew by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU.

In January 2025, compared with January 2024, production in construction remained stable in the euro area and increased by 0.2% in the EU.

Monthly comparison by construction sector and by Member State

In the euro area in January 2025, compared with December 2024, production in construction

increased by 0.9% for construction of buildings,
decreased by 1.0% for civil engineering,
decreased by 0.1% for specialised construction activities.

In the EU, production in construction

increased by 1.2% for construction of buildings,
decreased by 2.8% for civil engineering,
decreased by 0.1% for specialised construction activities.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases were observed in Italy (+5.9%), Slovenia (+2.4%), Hungary and Slovakia (both +1.6%). The largest monthly decreases in production in construction were recorded in Sweden (-6.1%), Portugal (-4.1%) and France (-3.9%).

Annual comparison by construction sector and by Member State

In the euro area in January 2025, compared with January 2024, production in construction

increased by 1.8% for construction of buildings,
increased by 0.9% for civil engineering,
decreased by 0.3% for specialised construction activities,

In the EU, production in construction

increased by 1.5% for construction of buildings,
increased by 0.9% for civil engineering,
decreased by 0.2% for specialised construction activities,

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases in production in construction were recorded in Slovenia (+10.7%), Slovakia (+8.5%) and Czechia (+8.4%). The largest decreases were observed in Hungary (-9.6%), France (-7.1%) and Sweden (-6.1%).

Tables

Production in construction % change compared with the previous month*
	2024					2025
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Euro area
Total construction	0.4	-0.4	0.3	1.0	0.4	0.2
Construction of buildings	1.8	-0.9	-0.1	0.8	-0.2	0.9
Civil engineering	-2.0	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.1	-1.0
Specialised construction activities	0.6	-0.5	-0.1	1.6	0.4	-0.1
EU
Total construction	0.6	-0.6	0.2	1.2	0.7	-0.2
Construction of buildings	2.5	-1.2	-0.1	0.2	0.3	1.2
Civil engineering	-2.2	0.8	1.3	1.7	0.9	-2.8
Specialised construction activities	0.5	-0.5	0.0	1.3	0.5	-0.1
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Production in construction % change compared with the previous month*
			2024			2025
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Euro area	0.4	-0.4	0.3	1.0	0.4	0.2
EU	0.6	-0.6	0.2	1.2	0.7	-0.2
Belgium	-3.2	1.1	1.2	1.3	-0.9	1.3
Bulgaria	1.4	-1.0	1.6	1.6	-1.2	1.5
Czechia	-1.6	-4.2	3.8	0.9	5.4	-1.1
Denmark	-1.9	0.6	2.5	-0.5	-1.2	0.5
Germany	0.3	-0.4	-0.3	0.7	0.8	0.4
Estonia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	-0.2	0.6	1.6	0.4	1.1	-1.9
France	1.1	-0.7	-1.9	2.8	1.9	-3.9
Croatia**	0.9	-0.2	2.7	0.3	-1.9	:
Italy	-1.8	0.4	1.5	1.8	-2.3	5.9
Cyprus**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg**	18.4	-11.0	0.2	0.3	2.8	:
Hungary	0.6	-4.4	2.3	2.3	0.1	1.6
Malta**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	6.8	-3.8	0.8	0.7	-0.9	1.4
Austria	-1.0	-0.8	3.5	-5.1	1.7	-1.2
Poland	-0.2	1.1	-2.4	3.0	5.2	0.0
Portugal	-0.3	1.0	4.2	-3.5	3.0	-4.1
Romania**	4.0	0.2	-8.7	5.4	3.4	:
Slovenia	-2.2	2.8	0.2	11.4	-1.5	2.4
Slovakia	-4.1	-3.3	8.2	5.5	-1.1	1.6
Finland	2.3	-3.9	1.8	-1.1	2.0	0.9
Sweden	4.8	-2.9	0.9	1.6	-0.2	-6.1
Norway	-1.4	-0.7	-0.8	0.1	-1.2	1.4
* 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			2025
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Euro area
Total construction	-2.4	-2.3	-0.9	0.5	0.8	0.0
Construction of buildings	-2.2	-2.0	-0.9	0.6	0.0	1.8
Civil engineering	-3.5	-2.2	1.0	3.1	1.5	0.9
Specialised construction activities	-2.8	-2.5	-1.5	0.1	0.0	-0.3
EU
Total construction	-2.5	-2.7	-1.7	0.2	-0.3	0.2
Construction of buildings	-3.0	-3.3	-1.8	-1.3	-1.7	1.5
Civil engineering	-3.9	-3.3	0.0	3.1	0.9	0.9
Specialised construction activities	-2.6	-2.5	-1.7	0.0	-0.1	-0.2
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Production in construction % change compared with the same month of the previous year*
			2024			2025
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Euro area	-2.4	-2.3	-0.9	0.5	0.8	0.0
EU	-2.5	-2.7	-1.7	0.2	-0.3	0.2
Belgium	-1.3	-1.7	4.0	4.4	-7.1	8.0
Bulgaria	4.9	2.3	6.1	8.6	5.8	7.6
Czechia	0.3	-6.4	-2.3	2.5	10.9	8.4
Denmark	-1.1	-0.4	1.9	1.8	0.0	1.4
Germany	-3.7	-4.4	-2.6	-1.7	2.2	-0.3
Estonia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	0.9	4.7	8.4	9.6	11.1	0.2
France	-5.4	-4.8	-5.9	-1.7	-1.9	-7.1
Croatia**	17.7	14.6	16.0	15.5	10.7	:
Italy	-1.5	0.3	1.2	2.7	-1.9	4.2
Cyprus**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg**	4.9	-2.8	-2.7	-1.2	-5.7	:
Hungary	-2.2	-8.5	-3.4	0.6	-5.8	-9.6
Malta**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	3.4	-2.1	-1.3	2.0	-1.9	4.8
Austria	-0.7	-0.5	2.9	-3.6	-2.4	-1.7
Poland	-7.7	-9.0	-11.4	-5.5	-10.0	6.5
Portugal	1.5	3.4	6.6	2.3	6.5	-0.7
Romania**	-4.2	1.1	-15.1	-9.1	-12.9	:
Slovenia	-16.9	-17.2	-14.2	-2.7	-2.3	10.7
Slovakia	-11.0	-19.0	-6.3	-0.2	5.9	8.5
Finland	7.0	-4.0	-0.1	-0.3	3.3	8.2
Sweden	-0.9	-3.2	-2.0	1.3	1.4	-6.1
Norway	-2.8	-3.6	-4.3	-3.4	-4.5	-2.7
* 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			2025
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Euro area	102.3	101.9	102.2	103.2	103.6	103.8
EU	102.3	101.7	101.9	103.1	103.8	103.6
Belgium	98.5	99.6	100.8	102.1	101.2	102.5
Bulgaria	105.1	104.1	105.8	107.5	106.2	107.8
Czechia	100.6	96.4	100.1	101.0	106.5	105.3
Denmark	103.6	104.2	106.8	106.3	105.0	105.5
Germany	91.8	91.4	91.1	91.7	92.4	92.8
Estonia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	99.0	99.6	101.2	101.6	102.7	100.8
France	94.1	93.4	91.6	94.2	96.0	92.3
Croatia*	128.9	128.6	132.1	132.5	130.0	:
Italy	134.0	134.6	136.6	139.0	135.8	143.8
Cyprus*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg*	106.4	94.7	94.9	95.2	97.9	:
Hungary	94.9	90.7	92.8	94.9	95.0	96.5
Malta*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	109.9	105.7	106.5	107.2	106.2	107.7
Austria	99.0	98.2	101.6	96.4	98.0	96.8
Poland	104.5	105.7	103.2	106.3	111.8	111.8
Portugal	110.4	111.5	116.2	112.1	115.5	110.8
Romania*	131.6	131.9	120.4	126.9	131.2	:
Slovenia	123.1	126.6	126.8	141.2	139.1	142.4
Slovakia	74.7	72.2	78.1	82.4	81.5	82.8
Finland	93.5	89.9	91.5	90.5	92.3	93.1
Sweden	91.2	88.6	89.4	90.8	90.6	85.1
Norway	100.2	99.5	98.7	98.8	97.6	99.0
* 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

Monthly indices for production in construction, calendar adjusted (base year 2021)
			2024			2025
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Euro area	81.0	107.6	110.8	111.7	103.2	89.5
EU	84.2	107.9	111.2	112.9	107.9	86.5
Belgium	91.6	113.1	116.6	105.1	83.7	97.7
Bulgaria	107.6	99.2	112.8	109.8	95.1	106.1
Czechia	112.8	108.9	119.7	124.8	111.2	59.3
Denmark	101.4	111.2	116.1	114.7	98.7	101.2
Germany	90.8	96.9	98.6	101.6	101.8	62.8
Estonia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	85.1	95.5	98.0	108.4	137.7	103.0
France	59.4	98.1	101.2	102.7	83.5	88.5
Croatia*	116.9	129.4	136.0	128.2	118.4	:
Italy	92.0	140.8	152.7	147.6	120.9	133.0
Cyprus*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg*	67.0	105.6	108.0	102.9	84.6	:
Hungary	94.3	106.2	97.4	114.3	131.2	58.6
Malta*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	45.9	119.2	108.7	106.8	82.5	109.3
Austria	96.0	108.5	116.5	113.6	119.7	57.0
Poland	105.8	118.6	117.6	126.2	163.8	67.1
Portugal	103.0	112.8	119.6	113.9	108.0	110.5
Romania*	136.1	141.3	133.5	153.2	197.8	:
Slovenia	120.8	141.1	144.7	171.9	129.9	109.8
Slovakia	78.0	83.6	91.9	103.2	95.7	53.8
Finland	105.7	98.7	103.0	96.7	107.6	67.1
Sweden	83.9	92.0	102.6	105.7	114.3	64.4
Norway	101.3	114.3	111.6	114.2	92.2	104.9
* 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 February 2025. The monthly percentage change for December 2024 has been revised from 0.0% to +0.4% in the euro area and from +0.4% to +0.7% in the EU. The annual percentage change has been revised from -0.1% to +0.8% in the euro area and from -0.8% to -0.3% 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

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, 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.

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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