Euro Area Retail Sales YoY

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Eurozone retail sales volumes rose by 1.2% year-over-year in March 2026, the weakest increase since July 2024 and compared with market expectations of a 1% advance. Fuel sales plunged 2.1%, due to rising fuel costs tied to the Middle East war. source: EUROSTAT

Retail Sales In the Euro Area increased 1.20 percent in March of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Euro Area averaged 1.17 percent from 1996 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 24.20 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -19.50 percent in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Euro Area Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2026.

Retail Sales In the Euro Area increased 1.20 percent in March of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Euro Area is expected to be 0.90 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Euro Area Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 1.50 percent in 2027 and 1.70 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Consumer Spending	1647.11	1640.00	EUR Billion	Dec 2025
Disposable Personal Income	2451271.00	2431134.00	EUR Million	Dec 2025
Households Debt to Income	81.35	81.47	percent	Dec 2025
Personal Savings	14.42	14.78	percent	Dec 2025
Retail Sales MoM	-0.10	-0.30	percent	Mar 2026
Retail Sales YoY	1.20	1.30	percent	Mar 2026

Euro Area Retail Sales YoY

In the Euro Area, retail sales show the evolution of the total amount of goods sold. Among them, food drinks and tobacco account for the highest share (39.3 percent); followed by electrical goods and furniture (12.0 percent share); computer equipment books and other (11.4 percent share); pharmaceutical and medical goods (9.9 percent share); textiles, clothing, footwear (9.2 percent share); auto fuel (9.1 percent share); other non-food products (6.0 percent share) and mail orders and internet (2.9 percent share). Among countries, Germany has the highest weight (25.9 percent), followed by France (21.7 percent), Italy (16.1 percent) and Spain (11.4 percent). Others are Netherlands (5.2 percent); Belgium (4.3 percent); Greece (3.0 percent); Austria (2.8 percent); Portugal (2.4 percent); Finland (1.8 percent); Ireland (1.7 percent); Luxembourg and Slovakia (0.8 percent each); Slovenia (0.6 percent); Lithuania (0.4 percent); Latvia and Cyprus (0.3 percent); Estonia (0.2 percent) and Malta (0.1 percent).