A glance at economic growth across Europe
A look at second-quarter GDP figures for the 28-country EU and the 17-member eurozone
The recession across the economy of the 17 countries that use the euro ended in the April-June period of 2013, according to the latest figures from the EU's statistical agency, Eurostat.
The figures, released Wednesday, also showed that the wider 28-country EU has emerged from recession.
Here is a glance at how Europe's economies have managed.
Growth rates in Gross Domestic Product across Europe (percentage change, seasonally adjusted) | |||
Q2 vs Q1 | Q1 vs Q4 2012 | Q2 2013 vs Q2 2012 | |
European Union(28 countries) | 0.3 | -0.1 | -0.2 |
Eurozone (17 Countries) | 0.3 | -0.3 | -0.7 |
Austria | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Belgium | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
Cyprus | -1.4 | -1.7 | -5.2 |
Estonia | 0.1 | -1.0 | 1.4 |
Finland | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
France | 0.5 | -0.2 | 0.3 |
Germany | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Greece | n/a | n/a | -4.6 |
Ireland | n/a | -0.6 | n/a |
Italy | -0.2 | -0.6 | -2.0 |
Luxembourg | n/a | -1.6 | n/a |
Malta | n/a | 0.0 | n/a |
Netherlands | -0.2 | -0.4 | -1.8 |
Portugal | 1.1 | -0.4 | -2.0 |
Slovenia | n/a | -0.7 | n/a |
Slovakia | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
Spain | -0.1 | -0.5 | -1.7 |
Remaining EU members | |||
Bulgaria | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Czech Republic | 0.7 | -1.3 | -1.2 |
Denmark | n/a | 0.0 | n/a |
Hungary | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Latvia | 0.5 | 1.2 | 4.3 |
Lithuania | 0.6 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
Poland | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
Romania | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
Sweden | -0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
United Kingdom | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
United States | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
Source: Eurostat
