Italy’s industrial production rose by 0.5% year-on-year in February 2026, in line with market forecasts and rebounding from a 0.6% decrease in January. Capital goods posted the strongest recovery (4.4% vs -0.4% in January), while intermediate goods increased slightly (0.1% vs -1.4%). Meanwhile, consumer goods continued to fall, albeit at a slower pace (-2.1% vs -3.3%), whereas energy production dropped by 2.1%, reversing a 9.1% growth in the previous month. Among industries, the biggest gains were recorded in the manufacture of transportation equipment (10.0%), computers, electronics, and optical products (7.8%), and machinery and equipment (5.2%). The sharpest declines were seen in the manufacture of chemicals (-6.8%), coke and refined petroleum products (-6.4%), and other manufacturing industries, repair, and installation of machinery and equipment (-5.8%). source: National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
Industrial Production in Italy decreased 0.60 percent in January of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Industrial Production in Italy averaged -0.02 percent from 1991 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 80.10 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -43.70 percent in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Italy Industrial Production - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Italy Industrial Production - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2026.
Industrial Production in Italy decreased 0.60 percent in January of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Industrial Production in Italy is expected to be 2.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Italy Industrial Production is projected to trend around 1.70 percent in 2027 and 1.90 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.