Denmark reported the biggest annual increase in industrial production in the EU in April, with an increase of 12.2% on the previous year, new data from Eurostat has found.
Other countries to report a higher-than-average increase for the month included Lithuania (+7.4%) and Malta (+7.3%), while the largest year-on-year declines were reported in Luxembourg (-6.1%), Bulgaria and Ireland (both -4.2%), and Estonia (-3.9%).
At a European level, industrial production rose by 0.3% in both the euro area and by 0.9% across the broader EU, compared with April 2025.
On a month-on-month basis, meanwhile, industrial production increased by 0.1% in both the euro area and the EU compared with March 2026. The modest rise followed stronger growth in the previous month, when production increased by 0.4% in the euro area and 0.8% across the EU.
Sector by sector
The monthly figures reveal differing trends across industrial categories. Within the euro area, production of intermediate goods rose by 0.8%, while output of durable consumer goods increased by 1.0% and non-durable consumer goods by 1.7%. At the same time, production of energy fell by 0.4% and capital goods output declined by 0.5%.
Sector-level annual data showed capital goods remained a key source of growth, Eurostat noted. Production in this category increased by 3.4% in both the euro area and the EU compared with a year earlier. Energy output also rose, while both durable and non-durable consumer goods recorded declines.
On a month-on-month basis, Malta recorded the largest increase in industrial production, rising by 5.2%, followed by Sweden at 3.4% and the Netherlands at 1.6%. The sharpest declines were reported in Bulgaria, where production fell by 4.6%, followed by Greece at 3.5% and Poland at 3.4%. Read more here.
