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Industrial production by country

Figure 2 shows the share of the EU's value of sold production, by individual EU Member States in 2021. Six EU Member States generated 72% of the EU’s value of sold production. Germany recorded the highest value of sold production, equivalent to 27 % of the EU total, followed by Italy (16 %), France (11 %), Spain (8 %), Poland (6 %) and The Netherlands (4 %). The other 21 EU Member States contributed with smaller shares (less than 4 %).

Figure 2: EU value of sold industrial production, by country, 2021 (% of total value of sold production)
Source: Eurostat DS_066341

Looking in detail at the largest three manufacturing sectors, Greece stood out with the manufacturing of food, beverages and tobacco activities, which represented 37 % of the country's total value of sold production in 2021. Croatia and Spain closely followed it with 27% each.

The manufacturing of basic metals and fabricated metal products generated 23 % of Italian value of sold production. Bulgaria was close to this share with 22 % and Greece with 21%, followed by Austria, Finland and Slovenia with shares 20 % of the country's total value of sold production.

The highest share of the country's total value of sold production in the manufacturing of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers and other transport equipment had Slovakia with 42 %, followed by Czechia (29 %) and Hungary and Romania each with 26 %.

Germany is the substantial producer of all three groups of divisions mentioned above (EUR 160 billion, EUR 196 billion and EUR 267 billion respectively) in the EU.