Economists had expected a 1.0% fall. Among the main industrial groups, manufacturing output remained unchanged yearly in February and production of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply grew 7.5%. Meanwhile, production of mining and quarrying declined 0.8%.

On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial production was unchanged. Separate data from the Bratislava-based statistics agency showed that the construction output declined 23.8% yearly in February and fell 5.9% from a month ago.