Volume change in construction output in the member states of the European Union, January 2026
Released: 22 April 2026
The volume of construction output in the European Union surpassed the one month earlier level by 1.2% in December 2025 and did not change compared to December 2024. Compared to the latter, according to the available working‑day‑adjusted data, the volume of production decreased in most member states – including the Visegrad countries. The extent of the decline was 11.0% in Poland, 9.6% in Hungary, 1.3% in Czechia and 0.2% in Slovakia. In several countries, the large amount of snowfall may also have restrained production by hindering construction work.
Construction performance lagged behind the one month earlier level by 8.8% in Hungary in January 2026, based on seasonally and working day adjusted data.
Production decreased in both main construction groups in January, year-on-year: by 9.6% in the construction of buildings, by 14.5% in civil engineering. (For instance, elements of transport infrastructure and complex industrial facilities belong to the latter.) Specialised construction, having the largest weight within the divisions of construction decreased by 4.6%, the production volume of building construction fell by 14.3%, and that of civil engineering construction by 22.1%. The volume of new contracts concluded fell by 6.0% compared to the January 2025 data. The volume of the end of January stock of contracts at construction enterprises was 18.8% higher year-on-year, within it contracts for the construction of buildings lessened by 3.6%, those for civil engineering grew by 30.5%.
Based on the Euroconstruct estimate construction performance may increase annually in Hungary by 1.3% in 2026. According to Eurostat data, the seasonally adjusted construction confidence index, reflecting the expectations of actors in the sector regarding the future, reached in January a more favourable value than in any of the preceding eleven months.
Table 1
Change in construction output volume, January 2026*
Country
Change compared with the
same period of the previous yeara), %
previous monthb), %
European Union average
–2.0
–0.9
Euro area
–1.9
–0.1
Austria
–7.6
–1.8
Bulgaria
4.0
–1.2
Czechia
–1.3
3.5
Denmark
3.3
0.2
Finland
6.6
–1.0
France
–1.5
–1.4
Germany
1.1
2.9
Hungary
–9.6
–8.8
Netherlands
–1.8
0.4
Poland
–11.0
–9.0
Portugal
2.5
–0.4
Romania
–1.6
–4.6
Slovakia
–0.2
–5.4
Slovenia
11.6
–0.9
Spain
–9.9
–3.5
Sweden
–2.3
–5.1
a) Working day adjusted data.
b) Seasonally and working day adjusted data.
* Data of Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Malta were not available.
Source: Euro indicators. Download date: 19 March 2026
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Figure 2
Released: 22 April 2026
The volume of construction output in the European Union surpassed the one month earlier level by 1.2% in December 2025 and did not change compared to December 2024. Compared to the latter, according to the available working‑day‑adjusted data, the volume of production decreased in most member states – including the Visegrad countries. The extent of the decline was 11.0% in Poland, 9.6% in Hungary, 1.3% in Czechia and 0.2% in Slovakia. In several countries, the large amount of snowfall may also have restrained production by hindering construction work.
Construction performance lagged behind the one month earlier level by 8.8% in Hungary in January 2026, based on seasonally and working day adjusted data.
Production decreased in both main construction groups in January, year-on-year: by 9.6% in the construction of buildings, by 14.5% in civil engineering. (For instance, elements of transport infrastructure and complex industrial facilities belong to the latter.) Specialised construction, having the largest weight within the divisions of construction decreased by 4.6%, the production volume of building construction fell by 14.3%, and that of civil engineering construction by 22.1%. The volume of new contracts concluded fell by 6.0% compared to the January 2025 data. The volume of the end of January stock of contracts at construction enterprises was 18.8% higher year-on-year, within it contracts for the construction of buildings lessened by 3.6%, those for civil engineering grew by 30.5%.
Based on the Euroconstruct estimate construction performance may increase annually in Hungary by 1.3% in 2026. According to Eurostat data, the seasonally adjusted construction confidence index, reflecting the expectations of actors in the sector regarding the future, reached in January a more favourable value than in any of the preceding eleven months.
Change in construction output volume, January 2026*
| Country | Change compared with the | |
|---|---|---|
| same period of the previous yeara), % | previous monthb), % | |
| European Union average | –2.0 | –0.9 |
| Euro area | –1.9 | –0.1 |
| Austria | –7.6 | –1.8 |
| Bulgaria | 4.0 | –1.2 |
| Czechia | –1.3 | 3.5 |
| Denmark | 3.3 | 0.2 |
| Finland | 6.6 | –1.0 |
| France | –1.5 | –1.4 |
| Germany | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| Hungary | –9.6 | –8.8 |
| Netherlands | –1.8 | 0.4 |
| Poland | –11.0 | –9.0 |
| Portugal | 2.5 | –0.4 |
| Romania | –1.6 | –4.6 |
| Slovakia | –0.2 | –5.4 |
| Slovenia | 11.6 | –0.9 |
| Spain | –9.9 | –3.5 |
| Sweden | –2.3 | –5.1 |
b) Seasonally and working day adjusted data.
* Data of Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Malta were not available.
Source: Euro indicators. Download date: 19 March 2026