Eurostat: euro area construction output up 1.8% in August
Eurostat estimates show August 2026 euro area construction output up 1.8% month on month and 1.4% year on year, with gains led by specialised work and mixed national results.
What you need to know
Eurostat's preliminary estimates put August 2026 euro area construction output 1.8% above July and 1.4% above August 2025. EU output rose 2.0% monthly and 2.6% annually. Specialised construction drove the euro area gain, while buildings and civil engineering declined.
- Euro area construction output rose 1.8% in August from July and 1.4% from a year earlier.
- EU construction output rose 2.0% monthly and 2.6% annually, per Eurostat's first estimates.
- Euro area specialised construction rose 2.5% monthly, while buildings fell 0.4% and civil engineering 2.1%.
Monthly and annual movements
Eurostat's first estimates indicate that seasonally adjusted construction production in the euro area increased 1.8% in August 2026 compared with July, when output had edged up 0.2%. For the EU, August output rose 2.0% from July, reversing a 0.1% decline the previous month.
Measured against August 2025, euro area construction output was 1.4% higher and EU output 2.6% higher, according to the release published on 20 October.
Segment split and national results
The euro area monthly increase was uneven across segments. Specialised construction rose 2.5%, buildings fell 0.4% and civil engineering dropped 2.1%. In the EU, specialised work gained 2.3%, while buildings declined 1.0% and civil engineering 0.2%.
Among countries reporting data, the largest monthly increases were Hungary at 14.0%, Germany at 9.3% and Romania at 7.2%. Slovenia fell 5.1%, Slovakia 4.9% and Italy 2.9%. Eurostat notes that national results can be volatile and that the figures are preliminary.
Scope of the data
The release covers construction output volumes. It does not address house prices or new mortgage lending.
What drove the euro area's August construction output increase?
Specialised construction rose 2.5% in the euro area for the month, offsetting declines of 0.4% in buildings and 2.1% in civil engineering, Eurostat's first estimates show.
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