May 8 (SeeNews) - Greece recorded the EU's highest annual increase in services output in February, at 15.1%, Eurostat said on Wednesday.
In monthly comparison terms, Greece registered the third-biggest rise in services production in the EU in the review month, at 2.3%, which was also the biggest among EU member states in Southeast Europe (SEE), the bloc's statistical office said in a monthly report.
At the same time, Slovenia's services output marked the bloc's steepest fall month-on-month, at 1.9%.
Romania, on the other hand, saw the sole annual decline in services output among EU states in SEE and third-largest in the EU, at 2.4%.
In the EU overall, services output grew by 4.8% year-on-year and by a monthly 1.1% in February.
Following are figures for services output growth in the EU member states in SEE (pct change):
|
Feb y/y |
Feb m/m |
Bulgaria |
3.6 |
0.1 |
Croatia |
4.7 |
-0.7 |
Greece |
15.1 |
2.3 |
Romania |
-2.4 |
-1.6 |
Slovenia |
1.1 |
-1.9 |
EU average |
4.8 |
1.1 |
Source: Eurostat