In the EU, construction works inched up 0.7% in November from the previous month, the bloc’s statistics office Eurostat said.
Among the member states for which data were available, construction output rose in six and fell in eight. The highest increases were registered in Romania, Poland (+14.7%) and Germany (+9.9%), and the largest decreases in Portugal (-12.2%), Bulgaria (-10.2%) and Slovenia (-10%).
In November compared with September, Romanian construction output rose 3%, the fourth highest increase in the bloc. The EU average output was down 0.7% on the month.
Construction output rose in 11 member states 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%).