Industrial production in Cyprus decreased by 1.1% in December 2025 compared with November 2025, while on an annual basis it recorded an increase of 3.6% compared with December 2024, according to data published by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat).
At euro area level, seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 1.4% in December 2025 compared with the previous month, while in the European Union the decrease stood at 0.8%. In November 2025, industrial production had increased by 0.3% in the euro area and recorded a marginal decrease of 0.1% in the EU.
According to the Office, on an annual basis industrial production increased in December 2025 by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.4% in the EU, compared with December 2024. For the whole of 2025, the annual average of industrial production rose by 1.5% in both the euro area and the EU compared with 2024.
On a monthly basis, in the euro area production decreased for intermediate goods (-0.1%), energy (-0.3%), capital goods (-1.9%) and non-durable consumer goods (-0.3%), while it increased for durable consumer goods (+0.2%). In the EU, production increased for intermediate goods (+0.1%), durable consumer goods (+0.5%) and non-durable consumer goods (+0.6%), while it decreased for energy (-0.4%) and capital goods (-1.4%).
Among the Member States for which data are available, the largest monthly decreases were recorded in Slovakia (-4.9%), Germany (-2.9%) and Spain (-2.6%). The highest increases were observed in Luxembourg (+6.4%), Sweden (+4.4%) and Malta (+4.2%).
On an annual basis, in the euro area production increased for intermediate goods (+1.5%) and capital goods (+4.1%), while it decreased for energy (-0.7%), durable consumer goods (-2.4%) and non-durable consumer goods (-2.1%). Similarly in the EU, increases were recorded for intermediate goods (+1.9%) and capital goods (+4.5%), while decreases were observed for energy (-1.3%), durable consumer goods (-1.8%) and non-durable consumer goods (-2.0%).
According to Eurostat, the highest annual increases among the Member States were recorded in Poland (+6.9%), Sweden (+4.8%) and Croatia (+4.5%), while the largest decreases were observed in Slovakia (-8.5%), Luxembourg (-7.9%) and Bulgaria (-6.8%).
(Source: CNA)
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