EU’s GDP up by 0.7% in Q1-22

EU’s GDP up by 0.7% in Q1-22

BRUSSELS, 8th June, 2022 (WAM) — In the first quarter of 2022, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the fourth quarter of 2021, GDP had grown by 0.2% in the euro area and 0.5% in the EU.

Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 5.4% in the euro area and by 5.6% in the EU in the first quarter of 2022, after +4.7% in the euro area and +4.9% in the EU in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Ireland (+10.8%) recorded the highest increase of GDP compared to the previous quarter, followed by Romania (+5.2%) and Latvia (+3.6%). Decreases were observed in Sweden (-0.8%), France (-0.2%) and Denmark (-0.1%).