The figure rose by 0.6% y/y

In June 2026, seasonally adjusted industrial production in the EU rose by 0.2% compared with the previous month, whilst in the eurozone it remained stable. This is according to preliminary data from Eurostat.

Among the Member States, the largest monthly increases in production were recorded in Denmark (+5.4%), Croatia (+5.2%), Lithuania and Finland (both +2.1%). The sharpest declines were observed in Luxembourg (-10.7%), Portugal (-3.9%) and Estonia (-2.2%).

Year-on-year, industrial production in the eurozone rose by 0.1% in June, and by 0.6% in the EU.

The largest decreases compared with June 2025 were recorded in Luxembourg (-7.9%), Romania (-5.6%) and Estonia (-4.6%). The highest annual growth was recorded in Lithuania (+7.7%), Denmark (+6.1%) and Poland (+4.9%).

In June this year, compared with May, production in the energy sector increased by 1.5% in the eurozone and by 1% in the EU. Year-on-year, the figure rose by 0.9% and 0.3% respectively.

It should be noted that, in its latest review in June, the ECB raised its inflation forecast for the eurozone for 2026 to 3%, compared with 2.6% in its previous review in March. The forecast for 2027 stands at 2.3%, and for 2028 at 2%. Furthermore, the regulator has lowered its forecast for eurozone economic growth this year by 0.1 percentage points, to 0.8%.

In the first quarter of 2026, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.1% in both the eurozone and the EU compared with the previous quarter.