Romania also reported the highest increase in construction output in March, of 13.3%, compared with the same period in 2014.
Compared with the fourth quarter of 2014, construction works in Romania rose 3.9% in the first quarter.
The highest increases in production in construction were observed in Hungary (+6.3%) and Romania (+4.4%) and the United Kingdom (+3.8%) in March 2015, compared with February 2015, while decreases were recorded in Spain (-1.4%) and Bulgaria (-0.7%).
The decrease of 2.7% in production in construction in the euro area in March 2015, compared with March 2014, is due to building construction falling by 4.0%, while civil engineering rose by 2.5%. In the EU28, the decrease of 1.3% is due to building construction falling by 2.7%, while civil engineering rose by 4.7%. In the EU28, the decrease of 1.3% is due to building construction falling by 2.7%, while civil engineering rose by 4.7%.
The index of production in construction approximates the evolution of the volume of production within the sector, broken down into building construction and civil engineering. Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national data.