Production in construction up by 1.8% in the euro area and by 2.0% in the EU

Overview

In August 2026, compared with July 2026, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 1.8% in the euro area and by 2.0% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In July 2026, production in construction grew by 0.2% in the euro area and fell by 0.1% in the EU.

In August 2026, compared with August 2025, production in construction increased by 1.4% in the euro area and by 2.6% in the EU.

Monthly comparison by construction sector and by Member State

In the euro area in August 2026, compared with July 2026, production in construction

• decreased by 0.4% for construction of buildings,

• decreased by 2.1% for civil engineering,

• increased by 2.5% for specialised construction activities.

In the EU, production in construction

• decreased by 1.0% for construction of buildings,

• decreased by 0.2% for civil engineering,

• increased by 2.3% for specialised construction activities.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest monthly increases in production in construction were recorded in Hungary (+14.0%), Germany (+9.3%) and Romania (+7.2%). The largest decreases were observed in Slovenia (-5.1%), Slovakia (-4.9%) and Italy (-2.9%).

Annual comparison by construction sector and by Member State

In the euro area in August 2026, compared with August 2025, production in construction

• decreased by 3.7% for construction of buildings,

• remained stable for civil engineering,

• increased by 3.1% for specialised construction activities.

In the EU, production in construction

• decreased by 4.1% for construction of buildings,

• increased by 2.8% for civil engineering,

• increased by 2.9% for specialised construction activities.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases in production in construction were recorded in Romania (+39.0%), Hungary (+22.0%) and Finland (+12.7%). The largest decreases were observed in France (-7.8%), Slovakia (-4.9%) and Spain (-4.3%).

Tables

Production in construction % change compared with the previous month*
	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26	Aug-26
Euro area
Total construction	1.9	0.0	0.1	-1.6	0.2	1.8
Construction of buildings	2.0	0.1	-0.8	-0.7	0.0	-0.4
Civil engineering	7.3	0.2	-0.8	-1.9	0.3	-2.1
Specialised construction activities	1.5	0.2	0.7	-2.1	0.3	2.5
EU
Total construction	2.2	0.4	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	2.0
Construction of buildings	2.5	-0.3	-0.5	-1.0	-0.4	-1.0
Civil engineering	6.3	1.1	-1.3	-0.9	-1.0	-0.2
Specialised construction activities	1.8	0.2	0.8	-2.1	0.2	2.3
*  Calendar and seasonally adjusted  Source dataset: sts_copr_m

Production in construction % change compared with the previous month*
	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26	Aug-26
Euro area	1.9	0.0	0.1	-1.6	0.2	1.8
EU	2.2	0.4	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	2.0
Belgium	0.6	-1.1	-0.7	-1.7	2.7	-1.1
Bulgaria	-0.2	-0.1	-2.0	1.7	-0.6	0.7
Czechia	4.4	-0.6	-2.0	-1.0	2.0	-1.1
Denmark	1.3	0.1	0.7	-0.6	0.0	0.0
Germany	3.6	0.3	-0.3	-1.3	1.1	9.3
Estonia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	2.2	0.8	-3.4	-0.5	-0.3	0.7
France	-0.2	-0.1	1.3	-3.1	0.0	0.7
Croatia**	0.7	0.1	-0.1	2.9	-1.4	:
Italy	1.9	0.6	0.2	-2.2	-0.6	-2.9
Cyprus**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg**	1.2	-0.9	0.4	-3.4	5.7	:
Hungary	4.0	4.9	-5.1	-4.0	-4.4	14.0
Malta**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	0.4	-2.4	1.5	0.7	-1.3	0.0
Austria	5.1	-3.0	2.8	0.9	-0.8	0.1
Poland	7.2	3.8	0.8	-0.7	-3.5	1.9
Portugal	0.4	0.3	-0.8	0.5	0.3	0.8
Romania	-0.6	9.3	-2.2	5.9	3.0	7.2
Slovenia	5.0	3.9	-2.1	-0.7	2.8	-5.1
Slovakia	11.5	-7.2	-1.5	-5.3	1.8	-4.9
Finland	1.1	2.1	2.5	-0.5	2.3	-0.6
Sweden	4.4	0.1	0.2	0.0	-4.0	4.1
Norway	0.4	-0.6	-0.6	0.4	-0.1	0.3
*  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*
	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26	Aug-26
Euro area
Total construction	-0.5	-0.1	0.5	-1.5	-1.7	1.4
Construction of buildings	-8.1	-5.8	-8.1	-7.7	-6.5	-3.7
Civil engineering	4.8	3.9	3.6	0.1	0.2	0.0
Specialised construction activities	0.1	0.5	2.2	-0.4	-1.2	3.1
EU
Total construction	0.1	0.9	1.2	-0.5	-1.6	2.6
Construction of buildings	-5.6	-4.1	-6.4	-6.3	-5.7	-4.1
Civil engineering	4.0	4.3	3.0	1.3	-0.6	2.8
Specialised construction activities	0.6	0.9	2.7	-0.3	-0.9	2.9
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset:sts_copr_m

Production in construction % change compared with the same month of the previous year*
	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26	Aug-26
Euro area	-0.5	-0.1	0.5	-1.5	-1.7	1.4
EU	0.1	0.9	1.2	-0.5	-1.6	2.6
Belgium	3.8	-1.5	1.8	-4.1	-3.3	-0.3
Bulgaria	6.4	6.8	4.0	5.6	4.7	4.2
Czechia	6.4	8.7	4.1	0.5	1.8	-1.4
Denmark	2.1	1.9	2.5	3.4	1.3	0.3
Germany	0.4	0.7	2.2	0.2	1.1	10.5
Estonia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	-11.9	-4.3	-13.3	-12.8	-10.6	-4.3
France	-3.2	-2.9	-0.7	-4.5	-5.0	-7.8
Croatia**	4.1	3.5	2.0	3.6	2.7	:
Italy	3.0	3.2	3.1	0.5	-0.1	-2.2
Cyprus**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg**	3.7	2.0	9.2	-0.6	7.0	:
Hungary	6.3	3.6	0.9	-4.9	-12.1	22.0
Malta**	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	2.2	-3.7	0.1	1.5	1.1	-1.4
Austria	-2.2	-3.5	1.2	3.6	2.4	1.4
Poland	-1.6	4.6	6.1	2.9	-2.4	4.4
Portugal	6.4	2.7	2.3	1.5	2.1	2.0
Romania	8.3	22.3	17.2	17.9	2.2	39.0
Slovenia	33.4	32.7	19.6	22.7	11.4	3.6
Slovakia	27.7	14.6	10.6	-1.8	2.4	-4.9
Finland	5.5	10.6	13.4	14.1	17.1	12.7
Sweden	5.3	4.8	4.8	5.4	1.7	3.9
Norway	-1.6	-2.4	-3.3	-1.9	-2.0	-1.5
*  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)
	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26	Aug-26
Euro area	104.3	104.3	104.4	102.7	102.9	104.8
EU	104.5	104.9	104.9	103.5	103.4	105.5
Belgium	102.4	101.3	100.6	98.9	101.6	100.5
Bulgaria	116.6	116.5	114.2	116.1	115.4	116.2
Czechia	116.0	115.3	113.0	111.9	114.1	112.8
Denmark	108.9	109.0	109.8	109.1	109.1	109.1
Germany	91.6	91.9	91.6	90.4	91.4	99.9
Estonia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	112.4	113.3	109.5	108.9	108.6	109.4
France	89.3	89.2	90.4	87.6	87.6	88.2
Croatia*	136.6	136.7	136.6	140.5	138.5	:
Italy	142.1	143.0	143.3	140.1	139.3	135.2
Cyprus*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg*	98.7	97.8	98.2	94.9	100.3	:
Hungary	98.8	103.6	98.3	94.4	90.2	102.8
Malta*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	104.3	101.8	103.3	104.0	102.6	102.6
Austria	99.8	96.8	99.5	100.4	99.6	99.7
Poland	103.0	106.9	107.8	107.0	103.3	105.3
Portugal	114.8	115.2	114.3	114.9	115.3	116.2
Romania	139.2	152.1	148.7	157.4	162.2	173.9
Slovenia	162.8	169.1	165.6	164.5	169.1	160.4
Slovakia	97.7	90.7	89.3	84.6	86.1	81.9
Finland	103.6	105.8	108.4	107.9	110.4	109.7
Sweden	93.1	93.2	93.4	93.4	89.7	93.4
Norway	97.2	96.6	96.0	96.4	96.3	96.6
* 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)
	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26	Aug-26
Euro area	110.1	104.6	108.1	109.2	109.6	84.0
EU	108.2	104.1	107.9	110.1	108.0	87.9
Belgium	116.9	103.9	102.2	108.4	65.0	98.1
Bulgaria	122.6	115.5	111.1	121.2	120.4	119.0
Czechia	102.7	109.2	117.4	124.3	122.0	128.5
Denmark	113.8	104.4	110.9	111.1	97.8	107.6
Germany	95.1	92.6	91.6	94.4	98.8	98.9
Estonia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	109.1	109.7	109.2	112.0	125.8	95.5
France	95.1	91.0	95.0	95.3	92.2	54.2
Croatia*	148.5	140.9	139.3	136.4	143.0	:
Italy	156.8	143.2	156.8	149.1	156.6	92.8
Cyprus*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg*	108.3	105.0	96.5	100.8	103.4	:
Hungary	96.1	94.7	96.2	99.8	91.9	99.3
Malta*	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	123.3	108.6	111.6	118.5	109.1	41.7
Austria	95.7	90.1	97.6	107.5	108.8	97.2
Poland	85.6	93.4	102.5	112.5	102.8	105.0
Portugal	121.2	114.1	118.5	113.6	120.5	108.4
Romania	122.4	140.1	142.2	166.3	176.2	184.5
Slovenia	158.9	164.2	174.2	170.3	171.1	156.4
Slovakia	85.2	82.3	90.0	89.2	89.8	84.0
Finland	92.0	95.0	116.2	117.3	111.4	120.3
Sweden	89.3	91.9	95.3	103.1	65.7	87.2
Norway	98.7	88.5	91.9	102.6	63.3	98.1
* 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

Compared with the data issued in the News Release of 18 September 2026, the monthly percentage change for July 2026 has been revised from 0.0% to +0.2% in the euro area and from -0.3% to -0.1% in the EU. The annual percentage change has been revised from -2.0% to -1.7% in the euro area and from -1.8% to -1.6% 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

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.

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

• Statistics Explained article on short-term business statistics revisions

• 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