Italy Construction Output Falls in March

Italy’s construction output rose 2.9% year-on-year in May 2026, easing from an upwardly revised 3.2% increase in the previous period. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, construction output was unchanged, interrupting the growth recorded in the previous two months (+1.9% in March and +0.8% in April). On average, over the March-to-May period, construction production increased 2.0% from the previous three-month period. In the first five months of 2026, calendar-adjusted construction output rose 2.0%.

Italy’s construction output rose 2.7% year-on-year in April 2026, easing from a revised 3.0% in the previous period. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, construction production increased by 0.3%, slowing from a revised 1.9% growth in March. Over the February-to-April 2026 period, average construction output edged up by 0.4% compared with the previous quarter, while calendar-adjusted production climbed 1.6% from the same period a year earlier.

Italy’s construction output declined 0.2% year-on-year in March 2026, following a downwardly revised 0.8% increase in the previous period. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, construction production fell 0.7% from February, marking the fifth consecutive monthly decline. On average in the first quarter of 2026, construction output dropped 2.0% compared with the previous quarter, while production edged up 0.1% compared with the same period last year.