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German gross domestic product up 0.2% in 2025
According to first calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the price adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025 was 0.2% higher than in the previous year. The increase in economic performance in Germany amounted to 0.3% after adjustment for calendar effects. "After two years of recession, the German economy edged back into growth. The growth is primarily attributable to increased household final consumption expenditure and government final consumption expenditure", said Ruth Brand, President of the Federal Statistical Office, at the press conference (only in German) held in Berlin on Germany's ... (full story)
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