Seasonally adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.6% in both the Eurozone and the European Union in the third quarter of 2017, according to a flash estimate published by the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat) on 14 November.
This growth is 0.1 points lower than that of the second quarter of 2017, when it stood at 0.7% of GDP in both zones. GDP furthermore grew by 2.5% between the third quarter of 2016 and the third quarter of 2017, having stood at just 2.3% of GDP in the Eurozone and 2.4% of GDP in the EU of 28 between the second quarter of 2016 and the second quarter of 2017.
The evolution of seasonally adjusted GDP between the second and third quarters of this year is, however, very different across the European Union. Of the countries for which the figures are available, Romania (+2.6% of GDP), Latvia (+1.5%) and Finland and Poland (+1.1%) benefited from strong growth in results. The lowest growth was to be seen in Belgium (+0.3%) and Lithuania (+0.1%), whilst Denmark saw the creation of wealth fall (-0.3%). (Original version in French by Lucas Tripoteau)