BRUSSELS, BELGIUM / RankWire.AI / – Eurostat’s latest report shows that industrial activity in the euro area remained flat in June 2026 compared to May. Meanwhile, the overall production across the European Union increased by 0.2%. These figures are seasonally adjusted and follow a 0.3% growth in both regions during May. Comparing to June 2025, production grew by 0.1% in the euro area and 0.6% across the EU. The data reveals varied trends across key industrial sectors and member states. This release considers industry excluding construction and uses adjusted data for month-to-month comparisons.
Within the eurozone, non-durable consumer goods led the monthly gains with a 3.0% rise. Energy production increased by 1.5%, and durable consumer goods output grew slightly by 0.3%. Conversely, capital goods production dropped 1.4%, and intermediate goods output declined 0.8%. These shifts kept the overall industrial production index at 98.7, unchanged from May, based on a 2021 index of 100. In May, non-durable consumer goods had increased by 3.3%, energy by 2.6%, and capital goods by 0.5%.
Across the EU, production of non-durable consumer goods rose by 2.5% in June, while energy output went up by 1.0%. Durable consumer goods advanced 0.9%, but capital goods saw a decline of 0.9%. Intermediate goods output fell 0.7% from the previous month. The EU industrial production index climbed to 101.0 in June, up from 100.8 in May. Starting at 99.2 in January, the index recorded five straight monthly increases through June.
Wide differences in monthly industrial performance among member states
Denmark experienced the largest monthly increase among EU nations with available data, rising 5.4% in June. Croatia was close behind with a 5.2% gain. Lithuania and Finland each increased by 2.1%. Luxembourg saw the sharpest decline at 10.7%, followed by Portugal at 3.9% and Estonia at 2.2%. Germany grew by 0.2%. France’s production remained unchanged. Italy declined 1.0%, and Spain fell 0.7%. Ireland rose 2.0%. The Netherlands and Slovenia both declined 1.7% and 2.0%, respectively.
On an annual basis, euro-area industrial production increased by 0.1% in June. Intermediate goods rose 0.4%, energy increased 0.9%, and capital goods edged up 0.1% compared to last year. Meanwhile, durable consumer goods fell 2.5%, and non-durable consumer goods decreased 0.5%. Across the EU, total production rose by 0.6% from June 2025. Intermediate goods grew by 1.0%, energy by 0.3%, and capital goods by 0.9%, though both consumer categories declined.
Lithuania leads in annual industrial expansion among member states
Lithuania posted the highest annual growth rate among countries with available data, with an increase of 7.7%. Denmark followed with 6.1%, and Poland saw a rise of 4.9%. Finland grew by 4.6%, Hungary increased 4.1%, and Czechia gained 4.0%. Luxembourg experienced the largest annual decline at 7.9%. Romania’s output fell by 5.6%, and Estonia’s declined 4.6%. Germany and France each saw a 0.5% decrease, Italy dropped 0.6%, and Spain’s industrial production increased by 1.0% compared with June 2025.
Eurostat also adjusted its estimates for May’s industrial output from the figures released on July 15. The euro-area monthly change is now reported as a 0.3% increase, revised from an earlier 0.2% decline. The EU’s monthly figure has shifted to a 0.3% gain, up from a previous 0.1% fall. The annual May output was revised to show a 0.1% decline in the euro-area and a 0.6% increase across the EU. Eurostat compiles these regional series using seasonally adjusted national data and estimates recent missing observations when creating the aggregates.