Industrial production rose by 2.6 % in Greece in December 2013, compared to November, Eurostat said on February 12.

The EU's statistics agency said in a report that Greece was one of the four EU countries that registered a rise in industrial production, while 19 registered a drop. Besides Greece, the others with improved industrial production in December were Slovenia (up 2.7%), Portugal (up 0.7%), and Great Britain (up 0.4%).

For the same period, both in the EU and the eurozone, industrial production fell by 0.7%, with the greatest drop recorded in Estonia (down 5.7%), Sweden (down 2.7%), Holland (down 2.6 %) and Croatia (down 2.4%).