--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-33/recent-trends-in-europes-output-and-productivity-growth-performance-at-the-sector-level-2002-2015/" title: "Recent Trends in Europe’s Output and Productivity Growth Performance at the Sector Level, 2002-2015" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T07:42:36+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-13T07:42:36+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Fall 2017" ipm_keyword: - "2002-2015" - "EU KLEMS" - "Europe" - "financial crisis" - "manufacturing" - "market services" - "output" - "productivity" - "sector-level" ipm_research_theme: - "Productivity trends and comparisons" ipm_country_focus: - "Europe" - "International" - "United States" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # Recent Trends in Europe’s Output and Productivity Growth Performance at the Sector Level, 2002-2015 Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-33/recent-trends-in-europes-output-and-productivity-growth-performance-at-the-sector-level-2002-2015/ # Recent Trends in Europe’s Output and Productivity Growth Performance at the Sector Level, 2002-2015 [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-33-2-van-Ark-Jager.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: van Ark, Bart, and Kirsten Jäger. 2017. “Recent Trends in Europe’s Output and Productivity Growth Performance at the Sector Level, 2002-2015.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 33 (Fall 2017): 8–23. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-33/recent-trends-in-europes-output-and-productivity-growth-performance-at-the-sector-level-2002-2015/ ## Authors: - Bart van Ark University of Manchester / The Productivity Institute - Kirsten Jäger The Conference Board; University of Groningen ## IPM Issue 33 Fall 2017 pp. 8–23 ## Related IPM articles [The Relationship between Efficiencies Defenses for Mergers and TFP Growth Robin Shaban Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 82–102](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-relationship-between-efficiencies-defenses-for-mergers-and-tfp-growth/) [Adult Skills and Productivity: New Evidence from PIAAC 2023 Dan Andrews, Balázs Égert, Christine de La Maisonneuve Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 41–63](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/adult-skills-and-productivity-new-evidence-from-piaac-2023/) [The Potential Impact of Pro-competitive Regulatory Reforms on Productivity and Growth in Canada Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Océane Vernerey Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 3–40](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-potential-impact-of-pro-competitive-regulatory-reforms-on-productivity-and-growth-in-canada/) [De-industrialization and the Great Productivity Slowdown: What Comes Next? 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Slow productivity growth which was already visible in most market services sectors before the crisis has broadened to the goods-producing sector for most European economies since the crisis. The manufacturing sector was particularly hard hit, and has only partially recovered. The dynamics of the global and Euro Area crises and their impact seem still to be in full swing, making it too early to judge whether output and productivity growth rates can still recover to the pre-crises rate or whether growth in Europe will end up as a slower long-term trend. Despite recent modest improvements in À l’aide de la dernière diffusion de données de croissance et de productivité au niveau sectoriel jusqu’en 2015 provenant de la base de données EU KLEMS, les données probantes s’accumulent que la crise financière mondiale (2008-2009) et la récession de la zone euro (2011-2012) ont considérablement endommagé le potentiel de croissance des économies européennes dans l’ensemble. Aucun des 12 États membres de l’UE inclus dans l’analyse n’a retrouvé des taux de croissance proches de ceux de la décennie précédant la crise. La faible croissance de la productivité, déjà visible dans la plupart des secteurs de services marchands avant la crise, s’est étendue au secteur des biens pour la plupart des économies européennes depuis la crise. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-33-2-van-Ark-Jager.pdf)