# European Union Capacity Utilization

European Union Capacity Utilization was 78.40 in Q4 2026, up 0.6% 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 67.30 (Q2 2020) to 83.90 (Q1 2018), averaging 80.13.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q4 2026 | 78.40 |
| Q3 2026 | 77.90 |
| Q2 2026 | 78.00 |
| Q1 2026 | 77.90 |
| Q4 2025 | 77.90 |
| Q3 2025 | 77.90 |
| Q2 2025 | 77.80 |
| Q1 2025 | 77.40 |
| Q4 2024 | 77.50 |
| Q3 2024 | 77.80 |
| Q2 2024 | 78.60 |
| Q1 2024 | 79.00 |
| Q4 2023 | 79.40 |
| Q3 2023 | 79.80 |
| Q2 2023 | 80.60 |
| Q1 2023 | 81.20 |
| Q4 2022 | 81.40 |
| Q3 2022 | 81.70 |
| Q2 2022 | 82.40 |
| Q1 2022 | 82.70 |
| Q4 2021 | 82.40 |
| Q3 2021 | 82.60 |
| Q2 2021 | 80.70 |
| Q1 2021 | 79.60 |

## API

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

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