Real GDP growth in European Union
Real GDP in the European Union changed by 1.5% in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
1.5%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
World, 2025
2.9%
Real GDP growth in European Union over time
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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.5% | 2.9% |
| 2024 | 1.1% | 2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | 2.9% |
| 2022 | 3.6% | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 6.4% | 6.5% |
| 2020 | -5.6% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 1.9% | 2.7% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 2.8% | 3.4% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | 3.1% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | 2.9% |
| 2012 | -0.8% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | 4.5% |
| 2009 | -4.3% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | 2.1% |
| 2007 | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| 2006 | 3.6% | 4.5% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | 4.1% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | 4.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | 3.1% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | 2.3% |
| 2001 | 2.2% | 2.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 1.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.4%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 2.9%.
More for European Union
All statistics for European Union
Real GDP growth
1.4%
2025 · Eurostat
GDP in US dollars
US$21.24 trillion
2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita in euro
€41,770 per person
2025 · Eurostat
GDP per capita in PPS
100 (EU = 100)
2024 · Eurostat
GDP in euro
18,884,566 million €
2025 · Eurostat
Quarterly GDP growth (seasonally adjusted)
0.5%
Q3 2026 · Eurostat