Source: Sharecast
According to final figures from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, seasonally-adjusted GDP increased by 0.2% in the last three months of 2025. That was a slower pace than the 0.3% seen in the third quarter, and below the 0.3% expected.
In the wider EU, GDP grew by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter, and by 1.4% year-on-year. In single currency bloc, GDP rose 1.2% annually.
Over 2025, GDP was estimated to have increased by 1.4% in the Eurozone and 1.5% in the EU.
Among individual member states, GDP ticked up 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in Germany, the region’s biggest economy, from no growth in the previous three months.
In Spain GDP sparked 0.8%, but in France it expanded by just 0.2%, down on the third quarter’s 0.5% expansion.
Eurostat also released labour data alongside growth figures, showing an uptick in employment. The number of people employed during the fourth quarter rose by 0.2% in both the Eurozone and wider EU, little changed on the previous three months and in line with forecasts.
Over the year as a whole, the number of employed persons rose 0.7% in the Eurozone and 0.5% in the EU, compared to respective growth of 1% and 0.8% in 2024.
