FX.co ★ Euro Area GDP Annual Growth Rate Confirmed at 1.4%

In the third quarter of 2025, the GDP of the Eurozone increased by 1.4% year-on-year, marking a slight deceleration from the 1.6% growth noted in both the preceding first and second quarters, consistent with earlier estimates. A deceleration in household spending (1.1% compared to 1.6%) and investment (2.5% compared to 3.2%) was observed. Conversely, there was an acceleration in growth for government expenditure (rising to 1.7% from 1.5%), exports (increasing to 2.7% from 0.5%), and imports (up to 3.6% from 2.7%). Among the major economies, Spain led with an expansion of 2.8% from 3% in the second quarter, followed by the Netherlands at 1.6% down slightly from 1.7%, and France at an increased 0.9% from 0.7%. Italy witnessed a faster GDP growth at 0.6% compared to 0.5%, while Germany's growth remained stable at 0.3%. In Belgium, the GDP growth rate held steady at 1%. Compared to the second quarter, the Eurozone economy grew by 0.3%, an improvement from the second quarter's 0.1% and surpassing the initial estimates of 0.2%.