Production in construction down by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU

Overview

In February 2025, compared with January 2025, seasonally adjusted production in construction decreased by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In January 2025, production in construction grew by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU.

In February 2025, compared with February 2024, production in construction increased by 0.2% the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU.

Production in the construction sector

Monthly comparison by construction sector and by Member State

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

decreased by 2.2% for construction of buildings,
decreased by 1.3% for civil engineering,
decreased by 0.1% for specialised construction activities.

In the EU, production in construction

decreased by 1.8% for construction of buildings,
decreased by 0.5% for civil engineering,
decreased by 0.2% for specialised construction activities.

Among Member States for which data are available, the largest monthly decreases in production in construction were recorded in Slovenia (-4.0%), Germany (-3.2%) and Poland (-2.3%). The highest increases were observed in Portugal (+2.9%), France (+1.5%) and Sweden (+1.3%).

Annual comparison by construction sector and by Member State

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

decreased by 3.4% for construction of buildings,
decreased by 2.7% for civil engineering,
increased by 0.7% for specialised construction activities.

In the EU, production in construction

decreased by 3.6% for construction of buildings,
decreased by 1.9% for civil engineering,
increased by 0.7% for specialised construction activities.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases in production in construction were recorded in Bulgaria (+7.4%), Italy (+6.0%) and Finland (+5.5%). The largest decreases were observed in Slovenia (-10.8%), Germany (-5.3%) and Hungary (-4.1%).

Tables

Production in construction % change compared with the previous month*
	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25
Euro area
Total construction	-0.3	0.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	-0.5
Construction of buildings	-0.7	-0.2	0.7	-0.2	0.2	-2.2
Civil engineering	1.2	0.6	1.0	0.3	-1.2	-1.3
Specialised construction activities	-0.5	-0.1	1.5	0.4	0.6	-0.1
EU
Total construction	-0.4	0.1	1.1	0.7	0.2	-0.4
Construction of buildings	-1.0	-0.3	0.2	0.3	0.6	-1.8
Civil engineering	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.0	-2.9	-0.5
Specialised construction activities	-0.5	-0.1	1.3	0.5	0.6	-0.2
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Production in construction % change compared with the previous month*
	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25
Euro area	-0.3	0.2	1.0	0.4	0.6	-0.5
EU	-0.4	0.1	1.1	0.7	0.2	-0.4
Belgium	1.1	1.2	1.3	-1.0	1.6	-1.2
Bulgaria	-1.0	1.6	1.6	-1.2	2.2	0.2
Czechia	-4.3	3.9	0.8	5.5	-1.2	-0.7
Denmark	0.5	2.4	-0.5	-1.4	-0.5	0.0
Germany	-0.4	-0.3	0.7	0.8	2.5	-3.2
Estonia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	1.0	-0.1	0.9	0.6	-2.7	1.2
France	-0.6	-1.9	2.8	1.7	-3.6	1.5
Croatia**	-0.2	1.8	0.6	0.1	1.9	:
Italy	0.4	1.5	1.8	-2.2	4.7	0.3
Cyprus**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg**	-7.2	0.7	-0.4	2.0	-1.3	:
Hungary	-4.4	2.3	2.2	0.1	1.6	-1.2
Malta**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	-3.2	0.9	0.8	-1.1	1.2	-1.9
Austria	-0.5	3.0	-5.2	3.2	0.8	0.8
Poland	1.1	-2.4	3.0	5.2	-0.6	-2.3
Portugal	1.0	4.2	-3.5	2.6	-3.7	2.9
Romania**	0.2	-8.7	5.4	3.4	-0.5	:
Slovenia	2.7	-0.1	11.4	-1.7	-1.2	-4.0
Slovakia	-3.5	8.2	5.6	-1.1	1.6	0.0
Finland	-3.8	1.7	-0.9	1.8	1.2	-0.6
Sweden	-3.0	0.9	1.9	-0.1	-4.6	1.3
Norway	-0.8	-0.9	0.2	-1.1	1.3	-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*
	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25
Euro area
Total construction	-2.3	-1.2	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.2
Construction of buildings	-2.1	-1.3	0.1	-0.7	0.7	-3.4
Civil engineering	-2.0	0.8	3.0	1.3	0.8	-2.7
Specialised construction activities	-2.5	-1.8	-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.7
EU
Total construction	-2.6	-1.9	-0.1	-0.6	0.5	0.3
Construction of buildings	-3.4	-2.0	-1.8	-2.4	0.5	-3.6
Civil engineering	-3.3	-0.2	3.0	0.7	0.9	-1.9
Specialised construction activities	-2.5	-1.9	-0.2	-0.4	0.1	0.7
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Production in construction % change compared with the same month of the previous year*
	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25
Euro area	-2.3	-1.2	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.2
EU	-2.6	-1.9	-0.1	-0.6	0.5	0.3
Belgium	-1.7	4.0	4.4	-7.3	8.6	-3.0
Bulgaria	2.3	6.1	8.6	5.8	8.1	7.4
Czechia	-6.4	-2.3	2.5	10.9	8.4	0.9
Denmark	-0.3	1.8	1.6	0.0	-0.2	-0.8
Germany	-4.4	-2.6	-1.7	2.2	2.7	-5.3
Estonia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	4.7	5.0	5.7	7.6	-3.6	2.7
France	-4.8	-5.9	-1.7	-2.0	-7.1	-1.1
Croatia**	13.3	14.7	14.0	9.3	13.0	:
Italy	0.3	1.2	2.7	-1.9	2.3	6.0
Cyprus**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg**	-2.6	-2.1	-1.4	-5.9	9.1	:
Hungary	-8.5	-3.4	0.6	-5.8	-9.6	-4.1
Malta**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	-2.0	-1.3	2.5	-1.5	5.0	-0.2
Austria	-0.5	2.9	-3.6	-2.3	5.0	2.8
Poland	-9.0	-11.4	-5.5	-10.0	6.3	0.6
Portugal	3.4	6.6	2.3	6.0	-0.9	3.2
Romania**	1.1	-15.1	-9.1	-12.9	33.8	:
Slovenia	-17.2	-14.2	-2.7	-2.3	3.7	-10.8
Slovakia	-19.0	-6.3	-0.2	5.9	8.7	3.2
Finland	-3.6	0.2	0.1	3.5	9.0	5.5
Sweden	-3.2	-1.9	1.4	1.4	-5.5	-1.2
Norway	-3.6	-4.3	-3.4	-4.5	-2.6	-4.7
* 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)
	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25
Euro area	101.8	102.0	103.0	103.4	104.0	103.5
EU	101.7	101.8	102.9	103.6	103.8	103.4
Belgium	99.7	100.9	102.2	101.2	102.8	101.6
Bulgaria	104.1	105.8	107.5	106.2	108.5	108.7
Czechia	96.1	99.8	100.6	106.1	104.8	104.1
Denmark	104.2	106.7	106.2	104.7	104.2	104.2
Germany	91.4	91.1	91.7	92.4	94.7	91.7
Estonia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	98.7	98.6	99.5	100.1	97.4	98.6
France	93.5	91.7	94.3	95.9	92.4	93.8
Croatia*	127.2	129.5	130.3	130.4	132.9	:
Italy	134.5	136.5	138.9	135.8	142.2	142.6
Cyprus*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg*	95.2	95.9	95.5	97.4	96.1	:
Hungary	90.7	92.8	94.8	94.9	96.4	95.2
Malta*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	105.6	106.5	107.3	106.1	107.4	105.4
Austria	98.7	101.7	96.4	99.5	100.3	101.1
Poland	105.7	103.2	106.3	111.8	111.1	108.6
Portugal	111.5	116.2	112.1	115.0	110.7	113.9
Romania*	131.9	120.4	126.9	131.2	130.6	:
Slovenia	126.0	125.9	140.2	137.8	136.2	130.7
Slovakia	72.2	78.1	82.5	81.6	82.9	82.9
Finland	90.2	91.7	90.9	92.5	93.6	93.0
Sweden	88.4	89.2	90.9	90.8	86.6	87.7
Norway	99.4	98.5	98.7	97.6	98.9	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)
	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25
Euro area	107.6	110.5	111.3	102.8	89.6	98.3
EU	107.9	110.9	112.6	107.5	86.7	95.3
Belgium	113.1	116.6	105.1	83.5	98.3	104.2
Bulgaria	99.2	112.8	109.8	95.1	106.6	104.3
Czechia	108.9	119.7	124.8	111.2	59.3	67.2
Denmark	111.3	116.0	114.5	98.7	99.6	101.1
Germany	96.9	98.6	101.6	101.8	64.7	76.7
Estonia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	95.4	94.9	104.5	132.9	99.3	92.1
France	98.1	101.2	102.7	83.5	88.5	97.0
Croatia*	127.9	134.4	126.7	116.9	128.2	:
Italy	140.8	152.7	147.6	120.9	130.6	142.4
Cyprus*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg*	105.7	108.7	102.8	84.3	85.1	:
Hungary	106.2	97.4	114.3	131.2	58.6	65.9
Malta*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	119.3	108.7	107.3	82.8	109.5	118.6
Austria	108.5	116.5	113.6	119.7	60.9	76.0
Poland	118.6	117.6	126.2	163.8	67.0	72.5
Portugal	112.8	119.6	113.9	107.5	110.3	111.6
Romania*	141.3	133.5	153.2	197.8	66.5	:
Slovenia	141.1	144.7	171.9	129.9	102.9	109.9
Slovakia	83.6	91.9	103.2	95.7	53.8	62.2
Finland	99.1	103.3	97.1	107.8	67.7	72.4
Sweden	92.0	102.7	105.8	114.3	64.8	75.8
Norway	114.3	111.6	114.2	92.2	105.0	91.5
* 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

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

Data of previous months have been revised compared with those issued in News Release of 20 March 2025. The monthly percentage change for January 2025 has been revised from +0.2% to +0.6% in the euro area and from -0.2% to +0.2% in the EU. The annual percentage change has been revised from 0.0% to +0.1% in the euro area and from +0.2% to +0.5% 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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