The chart above shows the annualized nominal gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in each EU state over the past five years as of the third quarter of 2019 and the growth rate over the past ten years. Greece is the only state to experience negative growth over either period.
Findings
- The difference between the state with the largest annualized five-year growth rate, Ireland, and the state with the smallest, Greece, is 14.89 percentage points.
- The difference between the state with the largest annualized ten-year growth rate, Malta, and the state with the smallest, Greece, is 13.72 percentage points.
- The median annualized five-year growth rate in the 28 EU states is 4.85% and the mean 5.31%.
- The median annualized ten-year growth rate in the 28 EU states is 3.98% and the mean 4.76%.
- Fourteen states' economies grew faster over the past five years than they did over the past ten years. The remaining 14 states saw their economies grow slower over the past five years than they did over the past ten years.
Caveats
- Data is from the third quarters of 2009, 2014, and 2019.
- The data is seasonally adjusted in current euros.
- The data is annualized by multiplying the quarterly figure by four.
- All figures are rounded to the nearest hundredth.
Details
Greece had the smallest increase over the past five years with an annualized growth rate of 0.75%. Ireland had the largest growth with an annualized gain of 15.64%.
Over the past ten years, Greece had the largest decline with an annualized growth rate of -2.07% while Malta had the largest growth with an annualized growth rate of 11.17%.
Sweden saw the largest decrease in its growth rate between its annualized ten-year growth and its annualized five-year growth slowing its rate by 3.11 percentage points. Ireland had the largest increase in its growth rate between its annualized ten-year growth and its annualized five-year growth ramping up its rate by 4.68 percentage points.
Cyprus went from having the 25th largest growth rate over the past ten years to the 12th largest growth rate over the past five years. Conversely, Sweden went from having the 11th highest growth rate over the past ten years to the 26th highest growth rate over the past five years. Only four states had annualized growth rates in the top five both over the past ten years and over the past five years: Ireland (2nd highest annualized growth over ten years, highest growth over five years), Malta (highest ten-year, 2nd highest five-year), Romania (5th ten-year, 3rd five-year), and Estonia (3rd ten-year, 5th five-year). Two states had growth rates in the bottom five both over both periods: Italy (27th ten-year, 25th five-year) and Greece (28th ten-year, 28th five year).
Sources
Eurostat. 2020. "GDP and Main Components." Accessed March 10, 2020. https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?query=BOOKMARK_DS-406779_QID_-12E83AF1_UID_-3F171EB0&layout=TIME,C,X,0;GEO,L,Y,0;UNIT,L,Z,0;S_ADJ,L,Z,1;NA_ITEM,L,Z,2;INDICATORS,C,Z,3;&zSelection=DS-406779UNIT,CP_MEUR;DS-406779INDICATORS,OBS_FLAG;DS-406779S_ADJ,SCA;DS-406779NA_ITEM,B1GQ;&rankName1=UNIT_1_2_-1_2&rankName2=INDICATORS_1_2_-1_2&rankName3=NA-ITEM_1_2_-1_2&rankName4=S-ADJ_1_2_-1_2&rankName5=TIME_1_0_0_0&rankName6=GEO_1_2_0_1&sortC=ASC_-1_FIRST&rStp=&cStp=&rDCh=&cDCh=&rDM=true&cDM=true&footnes=false&empty=false&wai=false&time_mode=NONE&time_most_recent=false&lang=EN&cfo=%23%23%23%2C%23%23%23.%23%23%23.