Quarterly GDP growth on a year earlier
The change in real GDP compared with the same quarter of the previous year, using chain-linked volumes adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects.
36 countries have a value for Q2 2026, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
Trend over time
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% change on the same quarter a year earlier. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.5% | 1.2%p (provisional) | -0.1% | 2.7%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2026 | 1.4% | 1.0%p (provisional) | 0.5% | 2.6%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2026 | 0.9% | 0.6%p (provisional) | 0.8% | 2.6%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2025 | 1.3% | 0.3%p (provisional) | 1.1% | 2.5%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2025 | 1.4% | 0.3%p (provisional) | 0.8% | 2.4%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2025 | 1.5% | 0.4%p (provisional) | 0.8% | 2.6%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2025 | 1.7% | 0.3%p (provisional) | 0.8% | 2.9%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2024 | 1.8% | 0.4%p (provisional) | 0.9% | 3.7%p (provisional) |
| Q3 2024 | 1.4% | -0.1%p (provisional) | 1.4% | 3.9%p (provisional) |
| Q2 2024 | 1.2% | -0.1%p (provisional) | 1.3% | 4.0%p (provisional) |
| Q1 2024 | 1.1% | 0.0%p (provisional) | 2.1% | 3.1%p (provisional) |
| Q4 2023 | 0.4% | -0.9%p (provisional) | 2.0% | 2.2% |
| Q3 2023 | 0.2% | -1.0%p (provisional) | 1.9% | 1.9% |
| Q2 2023 | 0.4% | -0.8%p (provisional) | 2.0% | 1.9% |
| Q1 2023 | 1.1% | -0.6%p (provisional) | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Q4 2022 | 1.9% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 4.7% |
| Q3 2022 | 3.0% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 6.3% |
| Q2 2022 | 4.3% | 1.5% | 3.9% | 7.5% |
| Q1 2022 | 5.6% | 3.7% | 4.7% | 7.1% |
| Q4 2021 | 5.8% | 2.4% | 5.2% | 6.7% |
| Q3 2021 | 5.4% | 2.8% | 4.7% | 5.4% |
| Q2 2021 | 14.7% | 11.6% | 17.1% | 19.8% |
| Q1 2021 | 0.3% | -0.6% | 1.5% | -2.9% |
| Q4 2020 | -3.5% | -2.0% | -4.0% | -9.0% |
| Q3 2020 | -3.9% | -3.3% | -4.4% | -9.1% |
| Q2 2020 | -13.0% | -10.6% | -17.0% | -21.5% |
| Q1 2020 | -2.1% | -1.8% | -5.0% | -4.2% |
| Q4 2019 | 1.5% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.7% |
| Q3 2019 | 2.1% | 1.7% | 2.2% | 1.7% |
| Q2 2019 | 2.0% | 0.7% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Q1 2019 | 2.2% | 1.4% | 2.5% | 2.4% |
| Q4 2018 | 1.6% | 0.1% | 1.4% | 2.2% |
| Q3 2018 | 1.8% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 2.3% |
| Q2 2018 | 2.3% | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Q1 2018 | 2.6% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.7% |
| Q4 2017 | 3.2% | 4.0% | 2.8% | 3.0% |
| Q3 2017 | 3.2% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 3.0% |
| Q2 2017 | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 3.1% |
| Q1 2017 | 2.5% | 2.4% | 1.2% | 2.4% |
Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 36 countries with a value for Q2 2026, the highest is Denmark (5.7%) and the lowest Romania (-1.9%).
- Half of the countries are above 2.2% and half below.
- From Q1 2026 to Q2 2026 the value rose in 8 countries and fell in 7.
- The figure for the European Union was 1.4% in Q2 2026, against 14.7% in Q2 2021 (−13.3 percentage points).
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All countries in Q2 2026 Every value is for Q2 2026, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Denmark 5.7%
- 2 Malta 5.0%
- 3 Slovenia 4.9%
- 4 North Macedonia 4.0%e (estimated)
- 5 Poland 4.0%
- 6 Lithuania 3.9%
- 7 Serbia 3.8%
- 8 Albania 3.6%p (provisional)
- 9 Latvia 3.5%
- 10 Cyprus 3.4%
- 11 Sweden 3.2%
- 12 Montenegro 3.0%p (provisional)
- 13 Bulgaria 2.6%p (provisional)
- 14 Portugal 2.6%p (provisional)
- 15 Spain 2.6%p (provisional)
- 16 Switzerland 2.6%
- 17 Türkiye 2.6%
- 18 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.4%
- 19 Greece 1.9%p (provisional)
- 20 Czechia 1.8%
- 21 Estonia 1.8%
- 22 Netherlands 1.8%p (provisional)
- 23 Croatia 1.7%p (provisional)
- 24 Hungary 1.7%p (provisional)
- 25 Norway 1.6%
- 26 Finland 1.5%
- 27 Luxembourg 1.3%p (provisional)
- 28 Germany 1.0%p (provisional)
- 29 Italy 1.0%
- 30 Austria 0.8%
- 31 Belgium 0.7%p (provisional)
- 32 Slovakia 0.7%
- 33 France 0.5%
- 34 Iceland 0.3%
- 35 Ireland -0.4%
- 36 Romania -1.9%p (provisional)
- European Union 1.4%
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Grey: no value for Q2 2026. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.