Italy Construction Output Rebounds in February

Italy’s construction output increased 1.4% year-on-year in February 2026, rebounding from a downwardly revised 0.4% fall in January. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, production decreased 0.5%, following a downwardly revised 1.1% drop in the prior month. Over the December 2025–February 2026 period, output fell by an average of 1.1% compared with the previous quarter.

Italy’s construction sector contracted 0.6% year-on-year in January 2026, marking its first decline since December 2024 and reversing a downwardly revised 5.0% gain in December. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, output fell 1.3%, the third straight monthly drop. Over the November–January period, production averaged a modest 0.1% rise compared to the prior quarter.

Construction output in Italy rose 3.2% year-on-year in November 2025, easing from an upwardly revised eighteen-month high of 7.3% in the previous month, and marking the slowest pace since January. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, output slipped 1.2% in November, after a revised 2.3% gain in October, which had marked a six-month high. Over the January-November 2025 period, construction activity expanded 4.8% compared with the same period in 2024.