An increase of 5.8% was recorded by the General Industrial Production Index in August 2026, compared with the corresponding index of August 2025, against a decrease of 2.1% recorded in the corresponding comparison of 2025 with 2024, according to the data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)
The average General Industrial Production Index for the period January - August 2026, compared with the corresponding index for the period January - August 2025, showed an increase of 3.1%.
At the same time, the seasonally adjusted General Industrial Production Index for August 2026, compared with the corresponding index of July 2026, showed an increase of 2%.
The index of the sector manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, recorded the largest percentage increase, while the index of the printing and reproduction of recorded media sectors, recorded the largest percentage decrease, in August 2026 compared with July 2026.
In the comparison of the indices of August 2026 with the corresponding indices of August 2025, the largest percentage increase was recorded in the sector of manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, while the largest percentage decrease was recorded in the wearing apparel sector.
Comparison of August 2026 with August 2025
The increase of the working-day adjusted General Industrial Production Index by 5.8% in August 2026, compared with the corresponding index of August 2025, resulted from the following changes in the indices of the individual industrial sectors:
From the increase:
By 13.2% in the Electric Power Supply Index.
By 4.0% in the Manufacturing Index. This increase was mainly contributed to by changes in the indices of the two-digit sectors: manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, manufacture of leather and leather products, repair and installation of machinery and equipment, manufacture of textiles, manufacture of other transport equipment.
By 1.5% in the Mining – Quarrying Index. This increase is due to changes in the indices of the two-digit sectors: mining of coal and lignite - extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas - mining support service activities.
From the decrease:
Comparison of the average index for the period January – August 2026 with the corresponding one for the period January - August 2025
The increase of the working-day adjusted average General Industrial Production Index for the period January - August 2026 by 3.1% compared with the corresponding index for the period January - August 2025, resulted from the following changes in the indices of the individual industrial sectors:
From the increase:
From the decrease:
Comparison of August 2026 with July 2026
The increase of the seasonally adjusted General Industrial Production Index by 2% in August 2026, compared with the corresponding index of July 2026, resulted from the following changes in the indices of the individual industrial sectors:
From the increase:
From the decrease:
By 0.5% in the Water Supply Index.
By 0.7% in the Manufacturing Index.
By 2.4% in the Mining – Quarrying Index.
*See the ELSTAT bulletin on the right in the Accompanying Material column.