Volume change in construction output in the member states of the European Union, December 2025, and year 2025
Released: 23 February 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. Based on available working day adjusted data, production volume grew year-on-year in somewhat more than half of the member states, to the greatest extent, by 6.5% in Hungary. The other Visegrad countries also registered increases, 5.3% in Czechia, 2.9% in Poland and 11.6% in Slovakia.
Construction performance surpassed the one month earlier level by 6.7% in Hungary in December 2025, based on seasonally and working day adjusted data. Production volume was overall 2.8% higher in 2025 than in 2024.
Production increased in both main construction groups in December, year-on-year: by 8.4% in the construction of buildings, by 10.5% 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 5.6%, at the same time the production volume in construction of buildings was 31.6% higher, specialised construction 12.4% above the one year earlier level. The volume of new contracts concluded fell by 5.2% compared to the December 2024 data. The volume of the end of December stock of contracts at construction enterprises was 48.9% higher year-on-year, within it contracts for the construction of buildings lessened by 8.5%, those for civil engineering grew by 84.9%.
Based on the Euroconstruct estimate construction performance may increase annually in Hungary by 1.3% in 2026.
Table 1
Change in construction output volume, December 2025*
Country
Change compared with the
same period of the previous yeara), %
previous monthb), %
European Union average
0.0
1.2
Euro area
–0,9
0,9
Austria
–12,3
–9,2
Belgium
–4,3
–0,3
Bulgaria
0,5
–2,3
Czechia
5,3
1,7
Denmark
3,5
–0,1
Finland
6,6
–1,0
France
–3,5
2,2
Germany
0,3
3,0
Hungary
6,5
6,7
Netherlands
–1,4
–0,9
Poland
2,9
5,1
Portugal
–1,9
–0,5
Slovakia
11,6
4,0
Slovenia
10,2
–3,2
Spain
–3,9
0,0
Sweden
1,6
1,2
a) Working day adjusted data.
b) Seasonally and working day adjusted data.
* Data of Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta and Romania were not available.
Source: Euro indicators. Download date: 19 February 2026
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Released: 23 February 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. Based on available working day adjusted data, production volume grew year-on-year in somewhat more than half of the member states, to the greatest extent, by 6.5% in Hungary. The other Visegrad countries also registered increases, 5.3% in Czechia, 2.9% in Poland and 11.6% in Slovakia.
Construction performance surpassed the one month earlier level by 6.7% in Hungary in December 2025, based on seasonally and working day adjusted data. Production volume was overall 2.8% higher in 2025 than in 2024.
Production increased in both main construction groups in December, year-on-year: by 8.4% in the construction of buildings, by 10.5% 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 5.6%, at the same time the production volume in construction of buildings was 31.6% higher, specialised construction 12.4% above the one year earlier level. The volume of new contracts concluded fell by 5.2% compared to the December 2024 data. The volume of the end of December stock of contracts at construction enterprises was 48.9% higher year-on-year, within it contracts for the construction of buildings lessened by 8.5%, those for civil engineering grew by 84.9%.
Based on the Euroconstruct estimate construction performance may increase annually in Hungary by 1.3% in 2026.
Change in construction output volume, December 2025*
| Country | Change compared with the | |
|---|---|---|
| same period of the previous yeara), % | previous monthb), % | |
| European Union average | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Euro area | –0,9 | 0,9 |
| Austria | –12,3 | –9,2 |
| Belgium | –4,3 | –0,3 |
| Bulgaria | 0,5 | –2,3 |
| Czechia | 5,3 | 1,7 |
| Denmark | 3,5 | –0,1 |
| Finland | 6,6 | –1,0 |
| France | –3,5 | 2,2 |
| Germany | 0,3 | 3,0 |
| Hungary | 6,5 | 6,7 |
| Netherlands | –1,4 | –0,9 |
| Poland | 2,9 | 5,1 |
| Portugal | –1,9 | –0,5 |
| Slovakia | 11,6 | 4,0 |
| Slovenia | 10,2 | –3,2 |
| Spain | –3,9 | 0,0 |
| Sweden | 1,6 | 1,2 |
b) Seasonally and working day adjusted data.
* Data of Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta and Romania were not available.
Source: Euro indicators. Download date: 19 February 2026