EUROSTAT European Union Statistical Office : Production in construction down by 0.1% in euro area

13/2019 - 17 January 2019

November 2018 compared with October 2018

Production in construction down by 0.1% in euro area

Up by 0.2% in EU28

In November 2018 compared with October 2018, seasonally adjusted production in the construction sector decreased by 0.1% in the euro area (EA19), while it increased by 0.2% in the EU28, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October 2018, production in construction fell by 1.6% in the euro area and by 1.1% in the EU28.

In November 2018 compared with November 2017, production in construction increased by 0.9% in the euro area and by 1.8% in the EU28.

Production in the construction sector

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2015=100

Monthly comparison by construction sector and by Member State

In the euro area in November 2018, compared with October 2018, civil engineering fell by 0.2%, while building construction rose by 0.1%.

In the EU28, building construction rose by 0.5%, while civil engineering fell by 0.8%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest decreases in production in construction were recorded in Czechia (-3.6%), Germany (-1.7%) and Portugal (-1.5%). The largest increases were observed in Hungary and Slovenia (both +4.4%) and France (+1.5%).

Annual comparison by construction sector and by Member State

In the euro area in November 2018, compared with November 2017, civil engineering rose by 2.1% and building construction by 0.7%.

In the EU28, civil engineering rose by 4.8% and building construction by 0.9%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest increases in production in construction were recorded in Hungary (+27.3%), Slovenia (+18.9%) and Poland (+16.0%) and the largest decreases in Romania (-4.8%), Sweden (-2.6%) and Germany (-1.9%).

Geographical information

The euro area (EA19) includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

The European Union (EU28) 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, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta are not required to supply monthly data under Council Regulation 1165/98.

Methods and definitions

The index of production in construction approximates the evolution of the volume of production within the sector, broken down into building construction and civil engineering.

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.

Revisions and timetable

Data of previous months have been revised compared with those issued in News Release198/2018 of 19 December 2018. The monthly percentage change for October 2018 remains unchanged at -1.6% in the euro area and has been revised from -1.2% to -1.1% in the EU28. The annual percentage change has been revised from +1.8% to +0.6% in the euro area and from +3.0% to +2.3% in the EU28.

For more information

Eurostatdatabase section on short-term business statistics

EurostatStatistics Explained article on the production in construction index

Theweights of the Member States in the EU and euro area aggregates (See file EU-28_EA-19 _NEWS_RELEASE_WEIGHTINGS_2015)

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Production in construction % change compared with the previous quarter / previous month*

Q4-17	Q1-18	Q2-18	Q3-18	Jun-18	Jul-18	Aug-18	Sep-18	Oct-18	Nov-18
EA19
Total construction	1.1	-0.2	1.6	-0.4	0.7	-2.0	0.6	2.0	-1.6	-0.1
Building	1.2	0.0	1.1	-0.9	0.9	-2.8	0.9	2.3	-1.8	0.1
Civil engineering	1.0	-1.3	3.6	0.9	0.0	0.2	-0.6	1.4	-1.0	-0.2
EU28
Total construction	1.0	-0.2	1.2	0.4	0.8	-1.4	0.4	1.7	-1.1	0.2
Building	0.9	-0.2	0.6	0.1	0.6	-1.4	0.4	1.6	-1.3	0.5
Civil engineering	1.1	-0.5	3.5	1.7	1.1	-0.4	-0.4	2.5	-0.6	-0.8

The source datasets are availablehere (quarterly data) andhere (monthly data).

Total construction	Q4-17	Q1-18	Q2-18	Q3-18	Jun-18	Jul-18	Aug-18	Sep-18	Oct-18	Nov-18
EA19	1.1	-0.2	1.6	-0.4	0.7	-2.0	0.6	2.0	-1.6	-0.1
EU28	1.0	-0.2	1.2	0.4	0.8	-1.4	0.4	1.7	-1.1	0.2
Belgium	1.2	-0.5	0.3	1.0	-0.1	1.0	-1.1	0.7	-0.6	0.7
Bulgaria	2.9	1.0	-5.6	-0.1	-0.5	1.4	-1.4	-1.0	3.3	-1.2
Czechia	3.5	1.5	2.7	2.8	-0.1	1.7	-0.2	0.8	-1.1	-3.6
Denmark	1.5	2.0	-1.1	2.1	2.4	-1.6	1.0	1.0	0.3	:
Germany	0.1	0.4	2.6	-3.9	-1.7	-6.0	2.5	2.3	-1.2	-1.7
Estonia**	4.3	5.0	4.1	3.5	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland**	2.0	4.8	3.1	1.7	:	:	:	:	:	:
Greece**	9.2	13.3	-9.2	-3.9	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	-2.1	2.4	-0.8	-0.2	-0.9	-0.7	0.6	1.5	-1.0	0.2
France	2.1	-3.8	1.6	1.7	4.6	-1.3	-0.1	3.6	-4.5	1.5
Croatia	1.8	1.1	2.3	2.7	-1.3	2.6	1.8	-1.7	0.2	:
Italy	1.8	-0.9	0.5	0.5	1.5	-0.1	-0.9	1.0	c	c
Cyprus**	6.3	6.0	2.6	7.5	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia**	0.9	14.4	2.8	-6.6	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania**	3.1	11.9	0.1	2.2	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg	-0.5	3.2	-0.3	-1.3	3.2	-6.4	7.0	-6.5	7.6	:
Hungary	8.6	1.5	5.0	10.9	6.3	3.1	2.3	-1.0	0.6	4.4
Malta**	0.5	3.4	1.6	4.6	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	1.4	1.9	2.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.6	1.7	0.4	0.9
Austria	4.2	-0.9	3.9	1.5	0.2	1.5	-2.4	1.4	0.8	:
Poland	3.1	10.9	0.8	2.8	2.0	-0.8	1.7	0.5	-0.5	0.4
Portugal	0.5	2.7	-0.2	1.1	0.3	0.1	1.3	-0.3	-0.3	-1.5
Romania	-2.8	6.7	-3.7	-8.2	-4.1	-8.9	2.5	-0.1	-1.1	-0.6
Slovenia	13.5	0.8	5.6	6.7	-3.5	5.7	3.2	-0.3	2.3	4.4
Slovakia	2.2	3.4	-1.0	6.0	4.2	3.7	2.3	-0.8	1.4	0.4
Finland	0.4	-0.1	0.4	0.7	0.9	-0.8	0.8	-0.8	0.8	c
Sweden	-1.2	-0.5	-1.4	-1.4	0.1	-0.4	-2.3	0.5	0.4	0.7
United Kingdom	0.6	-1.5	0.8	2.2	0.9	0.2	-0.3	1.8	-0.3	0.5
Norway	1.3	-0.1	0.7	1.9	:	:	:	:	:	:
Switzerland	1.1	-1.7	1.9	-1.3	:	:	:	:	:	:

* Calendar and seasonally adjusted ** These Member States are not required to supply monthly data under Council Regulation 1165/98 : Data not available c Confidential

Production in construction % change compared with the same quarter / the same month of the previous year*

Q4-17	Q1-18	Q2-18	Q3-18	Jun-18	Jul-18	Aug-18	Sep-18	Oct-18	Nov-18
EA19
Total construction	2.9	2.5	2.7	2.3	3.2	0.2	0.9	3.7	0.6	0.9
Building	3.4	3.3	2.8	1.3	3.0	-1.3	0.1	3.3	-0.1	0.7
Civil engineering	1.6	-0.7	3.0	4.2	3.3	3.4	2.9	4.5	2.3	2.1
EU28
Total construction	4.0	2.1	2.5	2.6	2.7	1.6	1.1	3.5	2.3	1.8
Building	4.3	2.4	2.1	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.1	2.3	1.3	0.9
Civil engineering	2.9	0.5	4.1	6.0	5.3	5.1	4.4	6.8	5.5	4.8

The source datasets are availablehere (quarterly data) andhere (monthly data).

Total construction	Q4-17	Q1-18	Q2-18	Q3-18	Jun-18	Jul-18	Aug-18	Sep-18	Oct-18	Nov-18
EA19	2.9	2.5	2.7	2.3	3.2	0.2	0.9	3.7	0.6	0.9
EU28	4.0	2.1	2.5	2.6	2.7	1.6	1.1	3.5	2.3	1.8
Belgium	4.4	3.4	0.1	3.4	2.4	5.6	1.1	4.3	-1.8	2.5
Bulgaria	3.6	8.0	-1.0	-1.2	-2.9	1.1	-1.3	-3.7	2.0	-1.8
Czechia	2.9	13.1	6.4	12.1	6.8	12.5	10.6	13.2	8.9	-1.3
Denmark	4.2	6.7	2.0	4.5	8.1	3.4	5.0	5.0	4.7	:
Germany	3.3	3.5	2.3	-0.9	2.2	-3.0	-0.9	1.0	0.4	-1.9
Estonia**	16.3	21.0	20.1	16.3	:	:	:	:	:	:
Ireland**	20.8	13.8	17.5	15.9	:	:	:	:	:	:
Greece**	-21.5	-0.9	-4.9	7.8	:	:	:	:	:	:
Spain	-4.9	5.7	1.4	-0.6	1.7	-5.2	-2.2	5.9	-2.0	0.7
France	2.2	-1.7	-0.6	1.7	2.0	-0.1	0.6	4.1	-1.6	0.5
Croatia	2.4	1.7	4.2	8.0	3.1	7.2	9.9	7.2	5.6	:
Italy	2.1	-0.3	2.0	2.3	3.5	2.8	0.4	2.6	c	c
Cyprus**	19.4	15.5	13.4	24.4	:	:	:	:	:	:
Latvia**	19.9	35.9	31.7	10.3	:	:	:	:	:	:
Lithuania**	10.0	18.8	17.5	17.4	:	:	:	:	:	:
Luxembourg	0.2	6.5	3.4	1.1	6.1	0.5	8.1	-2.3	6.2	:
Hungary	34.8	17.5	19.3	28.4	26.2	36.1	25.6	25.8	18.5	27.3
Malta**	11.6	9.6	6.9	10.5	:	:	:	:	:	:
Netherlands	6.1	5.7	10.1	6.6	7.6	4.9	6.5	7.8	7.3	8.5
Austria	8.8	7.1	7.2	8.2	8.0	10.2	6.4	8.0	6.6	:
Poland	17.7	26.0	21.5	18.6	24.2	16.5	19.2	20.2	19.5	16.0
Portugal	2.3	2.4	4.0	4.1	3.8	3.4	4.9	4.1	4.3	3.0
Romania	-2.9	-1.7	1.7	-9.2	-0.4	-16.8	-8.9	-1.9	-4.1	-4.8
Slovenia	26.0	18.6	17.2	28.8	9.8	25.8	34.0	26.9	18.4	18.9
Slovakia	9.5	11.0	4.4	9.6	4.2	6.7	10.5	11.7	8.1	5.9
Finland	4.7	0.3	0.6	1.6	4.6	1.3	2.3	1.3	3.0	c
Sweden	3.8	3.1	-4.5	-4.2	-3.5	-4.3	-4.8	-3.7	-1.5	-2.6
United Kingdom	5.3	-1.2	1.0	1.7	0.0	4.3	-0.2	1.4	4.9	2.9
Norway	4.5	2.7	2.0	3.9	:	:	:	:	:	:
Switzerland	4.4	0.4	3.3	-0.2	:	:	:	:	:	:

* Calendar adjusted ** These Member States are not required to supply monthly data under Council Regulation 1165/98 : Data not available c Confidential

Monthly indices for production in construction, calendar and seasonally adjusted

(base year 2015)

11/17	12/17	01/18	02/18	03/18	04/18	05/18	06/18	07/18	08/18	09/18	10/18	11/18
EA19	106.4	107.6	106.8	106.0	105.7	107.4	107.7	108.5	106.3	106.9	109.0	107.3	107.2
EU28	107.8	109.2	108.4	107.6	106.8	107.8	109.0	109.9	108.4	108.8	110.6	109.4	109.6
Belgium	102.4	102.2	101.7	101.6	102.8	101.2	102.9	102.8	103.8	102.7	103.4	102.8	103.5
Bulgaria	93.0	91.3	102.8	88.8	87.0	87.6	87.9	87.5	88.7	87.5	86.6	89.5	88.4
Czechia	101.8	99.4	100.5	101.6	100.7	101.8	104.6	104.5	106.3	106.1	107.0	105.8	102.0
Denmark	111.3	111.9	111.3	112.4	116.1	108.3	112.5	115.2	113.3	114.4	115.5	115.8	:
Germany	109.7	109.3	111.4	107.9	109.4	111.1	114.0	112.1	105.4	108.0	110.5	109.2	107.3
Spain	104.7	100.5	103.9	105.4	108.7	105.0	105.7	104.8	104.1	104.7	106.3	105.2	105.4
France	102.3	108.0	99.7	102.3	99.2	103.1	99.2	103.8	102.5	102.4	106.1	101.3	102.8
Croatia	105.5	106.9	107.6	107.5	107.7	109.7	111.0	109.6	112.4	114.4	112.5	112.7	:
Italy	100.7	102.9	103.6	100.3	98.2	100.9	100.6	102.1	102.0	101.1	102.1	c	c
Luxembourg	107.8	102.2	117.2	99.8	108.0	105.3	107.9	111.3	104.2	111.5	104.3	112.2	:
Hungary	110.9	115.2	122.6	116.4	105.9	113.3	120.6	128.2	132.2	135.3	133.9	134.7	140.6
Netherlands	118.3	118.0	119.6	120.3	119.8	123.1	123.6	123.5	123.4	124.1	126.2	126.7	127.8
Austria	113.1	113.6	111.4	113.5	110.4	113.5	117.4	117.6	119.4	116.5	118.1	119.1	:
Poland	102.8	106.5	115.4	113.9	112.9	112.0	115.4	117.7	116.7	118.7	119.3	118.7	119.2
Portugal	97.4	100.0	101.7	101.2	100.2	100.6	100.7	101.0	101.1	102.4	102.1	101.8	100.3
Romania	87.5	93.3	98.1	98.7	89.0	89.6	94.9	91.0	82.9	85.0	84.9	84.0	83.5
Slovenia	109.2	103.5	118.8	100.6	100.5	111.0	115.4	111.4	117.7	121.5	121.1	123.9	129.4
Slovakia	97.4	90.5	95.7	96.7	99.5	98.5	93.3	97.2	100.8	103.1	102.3	103.7	104.1
Finland	111.3	113.3	112.4	111.2	111.6	110.4	112.5	113.5	112.6	113.5	112.6	113.5	c
Sweden	109.9	112.5	109.8	110.5	108.1	107.3	108.3	108.4	108.0	105.5	106.0	106.4	107.1
United Kingdom	112.4	114.1	111.9	110.9	109.2	109.2	112.3	113.3	113.5	113.2	115.2	114.9	115.5

The source dataset is availablehere.

Quarterly indices for production in construction, calendar and seasonally adjusted

(base year 2015)

Q4-16	Q1-17	Q2-17	Q3-17	Q4-17	Q1-18	Q2-18	Q3-18
EA19	104.2	104.6	106.2	106.3	107.5	107.3	109.0	108.6
EU28	104.3	105.5	107.1	107.4	108.5	108.3	109.6	110.0
Belgium	100.7	97.0	101.6	101.3	102.5	102.0	102.3	103.3
Bulgaria	88.4	81.1	87.0	89.4	92.0	92.9	87.7	87.6
Czechia	95.8	93.9	98.3	96.0	99.4	100.9	103.6	106.5
Denmark	106.6	106.7	109.3	109.5	111.1	113.3	112.0	114.4
Germany	105.2	106.6	110.0	109.1	109.2	109.6	112.4	108.0
Estonia	110.5	116.5	121.3	126.3	131.7	138.3	144.0	149.0
Ireland	122.7	131.0	133.9	142.9	145.7	152.7	157.5	160.1
Greece	129.9	117.4	110.8	93.6	102.2	115.8	105.2	101.1
Spain	106.1	102.8	104.1	105.7	103.5	106.0	105.2	105.0
France	101.9	101.9	102.7	102.3	104.4	100.4	102.0	103.7
Croatia	103.9	105.9	105.7	104.5	106.4	107.6	110.1	113.1
Italy	99.6	100.4	99.2	99.8	101.6	100.7	101.2	101.7
Cyprus	134.7	149.3	154.6	151.9	161.5	171.2	175.6	188.7
Latvia	86.3	88.7	94.0	103.6	104.5	119.5	122.8	114.7
Lithuania	95.3	97.5	97.4	99.1	102.2	114.4	114.5	117.0
Luxembourg	104.7	102.0	104.4	105.5	105.0	108.4	108.1	106.7
Hungary	84.4	94.7	100.9	104.3	113.3	115.0	120.7	133.8
Malta	101.0	106.3	110.8	112.1	112.7	116.5	118.4	123.9
Netherlands	110.8	112.6	113.5	116.1	117.7	119.9	123.4	124.6
Austria	103.2	104.8	108.5	108.3	112.8	111.8	116.2	118.0
Poland	86.8	90.5	94.5	99.8	102.9	114.1	115.0	118.2
Portugal	96.1	98.7	96.9	97.8	98.3	101.0	100.8	101.9
Romania	92.3	95.7	90.3	91.9	89.3	95.3	91.8	84.3
Slovenia	84.5	88.0	96.1	93.2	105.8	106.6	112.6	120.1
Slovakia	84.4	90.9	91.9	92.1	94.1	97.3	96.3	102.1
Finland	107.6	110.8	111.0	111.3	111.8	111.7	112.1	112.9
Sweden	106.0	106.1	113.1	111.4	110.1	109.5	108.0	106.5
United Kingdom	107.3	110.9	111.2	111.7	112.4	110.7	111.6	114.0
Norway	105.2	106.7	107.9	108.3	109.7	109.6	110.4	112.5
Switzerland	98.8	100.4	100.1	101.9	103.0	101.2	103.1	101.8

: Data not available

Confidential

The source dataset is availablehere.