EU construction output rises

Tweet

According to Eurostat, November 2011 saw EU construction output rise by 0.8% in the 17 countries of the eurozone and by 0.4% all 27 EU countries compared with the previous month.

Production had fallen in October by 1.4% in the eurozone countries and by 0.9% in the EU 27.

When compared with November 2010, output in November 2011 increased by 0.2% in the Euro area and by 0.7% in the EU 27.

Among the Member States with data available for November 2011, construction output rose in 2011 and fell in Spain and Slovakia (both -0.7%) and Bulgaria (-0.3%). The highest increases were registered in Slovenia (+23.1%), Hungary (+7.4%) and Germany (+4.5%).

Building construction increased by 0.4% in the Euro area and by 0.8% in the EU 27, after falling by 1.2% and 1.1% respectively in October. Civil engineering fell by 0.6% in the euro area, but rose by 0.1% in the EU 27, after -1.6% and -1.2% respectively in the previous month.

The statistics can be viewed HERE