Name: European Union Retail Sales YoY
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Retail Sales in European Union increased 2.40 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in European Union averaged 1.26 percent from 2001 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 22.50 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -18.00 percent in April of 2020. source: EUROSTAT

Retail Sales YoY in European Union is expected to be 1.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the European Union Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 1.20 percent in 2026 and 1.60 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Consumer Spending	1895.20	1890.01	EUR Billion	Jun 2025
Personal Savings	13.69	13.89	percent	Mar 2025
Retail Sales MoM	-0.40	0.50	percent	Jul 2025
Retail Sales YoY	2.40	3.50	percent	Jul 2025

European Union Retail Sales YoY

In the European Union, retail sales show the evolution of the total amount of goods sold. Among goods, food, drinks and tobacco account for the highest share (40.1 percent); followed by electrical goods and furniture (11.5 percent share); computer equipment, books and other (11.4 percent share); textiles, clothing, footwear (9.2 percent share); auto fuel (9 percent share); pharmaceutical and medical goods (8.9 percent share); other non-food products (7.0 percent share) and mail orders and internet (3.0 percent share). Among countries, Germany has the highest weight (19.1 percent), followed by France (15.9 percent); the United Kingdom (14.7 percent) and Italy (11.9 percent). Others include Spain (8.4 percent); Netherlands (3.8 percent); Poland (3.7 percent); Belgium (3.2 percent); Sweden (2.4 percent); Greece (2.2 percent); Austria (2.1 percent); Portugal (1.8 percent); Denmark (1.5 percent); Finland, Ireland and Czech Republic (1.3 percent each); Romania (1.0 percent); Hungary (0.9 percent); Luxembourg and Slovakia (0.6 percent each); Croatia (0.5 percent); Bulgaria and Slovenia (0.4 percent each); Lithuania (0.3 percent); Latvia, Cyprus and Estonia (0.2 percent each) and Malta (0.1 percent).