# Euro Area Capacity Utilization

Euro Area Capacity Utilization was 78.60 in Q4 2026, up 0.5% from Q3 2026 and up 0.6% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 66.40 (Q2 2020) to 84.00 (Q1 2018), averaging 80.17.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EA.CAPUTIL.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: —
- Coverage: 1980-01-01 to 2026-10-01 (188 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/euro-area/capacity-utilization

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q4 2026 | 78.60 |
| Q3 2026 | 78.20 |
| Q2 2026 | 78.50 |
| Q1 2026 | 77.80 |
| Q4 2025 | 78.10 |
| Q3 2025 | 77.90 |
| Q2 2025 | 77.70 |
| Q1 2025 | 77.20 |
| Q4 2024 | 77.30 |
| Q3 2024 | 77.70 |
| Q2 2024 | 78.70 |
| Q1 2024 | 78.90 |
| Q4 2023 | 79.30 |
| Q3 2023 | 79.90 |
| Q2 2023 | 80.70 |
| Q1 2023 | 81.40 |
| Q4 2022 | 81.50 |
| Q3 2022 | 82.10 |
| Q2 2022 | 82.50 |
| Q1 2022 | 82.80 |
| Q4 2021 | 82.70 |
| Q3 2021 | 82.70 |
| Q2 2021 | 80.70 |
| Q1 2021 | 79.50 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.CAPUTIL.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.CAPUTIL.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```