According to Eurostat estimates, this performance can be explained in part by the progress on the ground regarding the works that make up the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).

In the annual analysis, the indicator that tries to translate the evolution of the sector's production volume, disaggregated between building construction, civil engineering and specialized construction activities, shows that the biggest increases were observed in Portugal (+6.9%), Spain (+6.3%) and Bulgaria (+6.2%). On the other hand, the biggest drops were recorded in Romania (-14.5%), Slovenia (-13.4%) and Poland (-11.4%).

Still in an annual comparison, construction production in the eurozone increased by 3% for civil engineering, increased by 0.6% for building construction and decreased by 0.9% for specialised construction activities. In the EU, construction production increased by 1.3% for civil engineering, but decreased by 0.5% for building construction and fell by 1.2% for specialised construction activities.

Eurostat data also shows that production in the construction sector increased by 1% in the eurozone and 0.7% in the European Union in October this year when compared to the previous month. Portugal recorded the third highest monthly increase.

Among the Member States for which data is available, the largest monthly increases in construction output were recorded in Slovakia (+7.9%), Austria (+6.5%), Hungary and Portugal (both +4.6 %), while the biggest drops were observed in Romania (-8.3%) and Poland (-2.7%).