According to preliminary estimates by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, in August 2026, seasonally adjusted construction production in the EU increased by 2% compared to July and by 2.6% compared to August 2025. In July, the indicator decreased by 0.1% per month.
In the eurozone, construction production increased by 1.8% in August compared with July and by 1.4% year-on-year. A month earlier, the growth was 0.2%.
In the EU, the volume of building construction in August decreased by 1% in a month and by 4.1% in a year. In the field of civil engineering, the indicator decreased by 0.2% compared to July, but increased by 2.8% compared to August last year. In the eurozone, construction of buildings decreased by 0.4% over the month and by 3.7% over the year. The volume of civil engineering decreased by 2.1% in a month and did not change in annual terms.
Compared to July, construction production in August increased by 14% in Hungary, 9.3% in Germany and 7.2% in Romania. The decrease was recorded in Slovenia — by 5.1%, Slovakia — by 4.9% and Italy — by 2.9%.
In annual terms, the indicator increased by 39% in Romania, by 22% in Hungary and by 12.7% in Finland. In France, it decreased by 7.8%, in Slovakia — by 4.9%, in Spain — by 4.3%.
Author: editorial staff of SteelOrbis