Italy’s industrial production grew by 1.5% year-on-year in March 2026, accelerating from a downwardly revised 0.4% rise in February. Capital goods recorded a strong increase (5.8% vs 4.1% in February), while intermediate goods posted a modest rise (0.5% vs 0.6%). Production of consumer goods fell at a slower pace (-1.9% vs -2.3%), whereas energy output declined more sharply (-3.1% vs -2.9%). Among industries, the largest increases were observed in the manufacture of transportation equipment (11.2%), mining (6.7%), and computers, electronics, and optical products (6.1%). Meanwhile, the sharpest declines were seen in the production of chemical products (-7.8%), the supply of electricity, gas, steam, and air (-4.0%), and other manufacturing industries, repair, and installation of machinery and equipment (-2.4%). source: National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
Industrial Production in Italy increased 1.50 percent in March 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 May of 2026.
Industrial Production in Italy increased 1.50 percent in March of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Industrial Production in Italy is expected to be 2.10 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.