In the third release of GDP data for Q3-2025, Eurostat reports quarter-on-quarter growth of +0.4% for the EU and +0.3% for the euro area, an increase of +0.1% in each region compared to the second release.
Compared to the same quarter in 2024, the EU economy is estimated to have grown by +1.6%, with a rise of +1.4% in the euro area, unchanged from the previous release, the equivalent year-on-year growths for Q2 having been revised upwards by +0.1% in each region compared to the previous release.
All 27 individual member states have now released data for Q3-2025, as opposed to the 21 member states that had done so in time for the previous update. Of these, Finland (-0.3%), Ireland (-0.3%) and Romania (-0.1%) saw their economy contract compared to Q2-2025, while Germany, Hungary and Lithuania registered zero growth in Q3. Finland is technically in a recession, having recorded two consecutive quarters of negative growth.
However, when comparing Q3-2025 to Q3-2024 (effectively an annualized growth rate), all but one of the 27 member states saw their economy grow, with the strongest growth being seen from Ireland (+10.9%), Denmark (+3.9%), Poland (+3.8%), Cyprus (+3.6%) and Bulgaria (+3.2%).The only member state that saw its economy contract compared to Q3-2024 was Finland (-0.6%). You can get the Eurostat figures from their website at https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/news/euro-indicators (5th December) or request it from MTA.