{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"europe-gdp-growth-by-country","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/europe-gdp-growth-by-country","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/europe-gdp-growth-by-country/","title":"GDP Growth in Europe by Country (2025)","description":"Real GDP growth across 34 European economies in 2025: Ireland fastest at 8.0%, Germany slowest at 0.2%, panel average 2.1%. 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Irish GDP is the least reliable growth figure in Europe: it is dominated by the intellectual-property and contract-manufacturing activity of foreign multinationals, and can swing by several percentage points on a single corporate restructuring. Ireland's own statistical office publishes modified domestic demand precisely because headline GDP does not describe the Irish economy. Excluding Ireland, Malta led at 4.0%."},{"question":"Why is Germany growing so slowly?","answer":"Germany recorded 0.2% in 2025, the weakest in this ranking. The causes are structural rather than cyclical: an energy-intensive manufacturing base that lost its cheap gas supply in 2022, an automotive sector losing share to Chinese competitors in its largest export market, weak public and private investment after a decade of fiscal restraint, and a shrinking working-age population. None of these resolve on a one-year horizon."},{"question":"Which parts of Europe are growing fastest?","answer":"The pattern in 2025 is convergence: central, eastern and southern Europe generally outgrew the north-western core. Malta, Cyprus, Poland and Turkey sit near the top, while the large western economies — Germany, France and Italy — occupy the bottom third. Catch-up growth from lower income levels, EU cohesion and recovery-fund transfers, and less exposure to the energy-price shock all contribute."}]}