Industrial production in Slovakia increased by 2.7% year-on-year in January 2026, following an 8.5% decline in December. This was the first expansion in four months and the strongest performance since March of the previous year, with 11 of the 15 monitored industrial sectors posting annual growth.
A particularly strong rebound was recorded in the electricity and gas supply sector, which jumped 16.5% after a 25.8% contraction in December. Manufacturing activity also recovered, rising 0.9% year-on-year after a 4.6% drop, driven by higher output of refined petroleum products (up 11% vs. down 7.6% in December) and basic metals and fabricated metal products (up 2.3% vs. down 13.1%).
Production of transport equipment also improved, growing 4.7% after a 2.8% decline in December. Within this segment, car manufacturing returned to year-on-year growth, surpassing its output from the previous year after three consecutive months of decline.
By contrast, output in mining and quarrying fell 11.5%, matching the rate of decline recorded in December. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, total industrial production decreased by 1.2%.
