Croatia reported the largest seasonally adjusted annual increase in production in construction in the European Union in August 2024, with a 17.7% rise, new data has shown.
Of the countries for which data is available, Bulgaria (5.5%), the Netherlands (2.5%), and Portugal (2.0%) were the other countries to see a notable increase in production in construction, according to the Eurostat data.
At the same time, a number of countries saw production in construction decline – in Slovenia, it fell by 17.1%, Slovakia was down 10.9%, while declines were also reported in countries such as Poland (-7.7%), Hungary (-6.0%), France (-5.3%) and Germany (-3.8%).
Production in construction
Compared with August 2023, production in construction decreased by 2.4% in the European Union as a whole and 2.5% in the euro area.
On an annual basis, in the EU as a whole, production in construction decreased by 2.5% in terms of construction of buildings, decreased by 3.9% for civil engineering, and decreased by 2.7% for specialised construction activities.
On a month-on-month basis, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU in August 2024, Eurostat’s data showed.
Note that the data for Croatia, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Austria, Romania and Slovenia is provisional. Read more here.
Annual increase/decrease in production in construction by EU member state, August 2024
| Country | Annual % Change |
|---|---|
| Croatia | 17.7% |
| Bulgaria | 5.5% |
| Netherlands | 2.5% |
| Portugal | 2.0% |
| Denmark | 1.7% |
| Spain | 1.1% |
| Sweden | 1.1% |
| Czechia | 0.4% |
| Italy | -0.3% |
| Finland | -0.4% |
| Austria | -0.6% |
| Belgium | -1.1% |
| Romania | -3.2% |
| Germany | -3.8% |
| France | -5.3% |
| Hungary | -6.0% |
| Poland | -7.7% |
| Slovakia | -10.9% |
| Slovenia | -17.1% |
| Ireland | n/a |
| Luxembourg | n/a |
