Slovakia Construction Output Growth Eases

Slovakia’s construction output rose by 6.8% year-on-year in May 2026, easing from a 13.2% increase in the previous month. This marked the slowest growth since January, as domestic construction activity moderated (7.8% vs 17.7% in April), reflecting slower growth in new construction, reconstruction and modernization (7.5% vs 20.4%), as well as repair and maintenance work (11.0% vs 13.2%). Building construction also slowed (11.7% vs 18.0%), while civil engineering output declined (-1.1% vs 17.1%). Meanwhile, construction output abroad was broadly unchanged from a year earlier, compared with a 14.9% decline in April. Despite the overall slowdown, May still recorded the fifth-fastest growth among the past 14 years. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, construction output fell 2.9% in May. In the first five months of 2026, construction production increased 11% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Slovakia’s construction output rose by 13.2% year-on-year in April 2026, easing from an all-time high of 29.9% growth in the previous month. Domestic construction activity moderated to 17.7% after a 32.8% jump in March, weighed down by a decrease in the construction of buildings (18% vs 40.6%), new constructions and reconstructions (20.4% vs 33.8%), and repairs and maintenance (13.2% vs 29%). Additionally, construction abroad plunged 14.9% from an 11.4% increase a month earlier. In contrast, activity rose in civil engineering works (17.1% vs 15.3%). On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, construction output declined by 6.7% in April. For the January–April period, construction production surged 13% year-on-year.

Slovakia’s construction output surged 29.9% year-on-year in March 2026, marking an all-time high in growth and accelerating sharply from an 8.2% increase in the previous month. The expansion was driven by a strong rise in domestic construction activity, which grew by 32.8% after a 9.5% increase in February, particularly in construction of buildings (40.6% vs 10.3 in February), new constructions and reconstructions (33.8% vs 11.3%), repairs and maintenance (29.0% vs 1.8%), and civil engineering works (15.3% vs 7.2%). In addition, construction abroad rebounded 11.4% from -1.6% in the previous month. In the first quarter of 2026, construction production surged by 13% yeor-on-year.