Germany’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.3 % in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared with the third quarter, when adjusted for price, seasonality and calendar effects. According to provisional data released by Destatis on Friday, the main contributors were increases in private and public consumption spending. This growth helped Germany close a year that had been notably volatile for foreign trade with a positive result.
On an annual basis, price‑adjusted GDP rose 0.2 % in 2025, and when also correcting for calendar differences the increase was 0.3 %. These figures confirm the first year‑end estimate issued by Destatis on 15 January 2026.
In a year‑on‑year comparison, the price‑adjusted GDP of Q4 2025 was 0.6 % higher than that of Q4 2024. The growth rate adjusted for both price and calendar was 0.4 % larger, partly because Q4 2025 benefited from 0.7 more working days than the same quarter in 2024.
Destatis also revised its previous releases for 2025, incorporating newly available data for the other quarters. As a result, the quarterly price‑adjusted GDP for Q1 and Q2 is now 0.1 percentage points higher than earlier estimates, while the Q3 figure remains unchanged.
