Latvia June industrial output rises 0.5%, weakest growth since March 2025

Older record says Latvia's annual industrial growth slowed sharply in June 2026, while a newer record appears to describe Estonia's separate June contraction, indicating a country-level mismatch between the two topics.

Summary

The older topic reports Latvia's industrial production rose 0.5% year on year in June 2026, down from a revised 5.9% increase in May and the weakest growth since March 2025, with manufacturing up 5.0%, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply down 29.8%, mining and quarrying up 13.8%, and monthly output down 0.8%; second-quarter production was still 4.2% above a year earlier. The newer topic, however, describes Estonia, where industrial production fell 4.6% year on year in June 2026, the fifth straight contraction and deepest since March 2024, with manufacturing down 5.3%, utilities down 12.6%, mining and quarrying up 26.7%, and monthly output down 2.3%, so the two records do not appear to cover the same event.

Terms & Concepts
  • Industrial production: A measure of output from industry, typically including manufacturing, mining and quarrying, and utility supply activities.
  • Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply: The utilities component of industrial statistics, covering energy generation and distribution services.
  • Mining and quarrying: The extraction sector covering raw materials such as minerals, stone, and other natural resources.