Germany’s gross domestic product grew 0.3 % in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared with the third quarter when measured after adjustments for price, seasonality and the calendar. The rise was largely driven by increases in private and public consumption spending, ending an especially volatile year for foreign trade on a positive note.
On an annual basis, the price‑adjusted GDP for 2025 rose 0.2 %, and the price‑ and calendar‑adjusted figure increased by 0.3 %. This confirms the first full‑year estimate released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on 15 January 2026.
Year‑on‑year comparisons show that the fourth‑quarter, price‑adjusted GDP was 0.6 % higher in 2025 than in the same period of 2024. When also calendar‑adjusted, the growth is smaller at 0.4 %, because there were 0.7 more working days available compared with the same quarter last year.
In addition to publishing the fourth‑quarter result, Destatis revised the previously released figures for the earlier quarters of 2025 by incorporating newly available data. As a result, the price‑adjusted quarterly GDP for the first two quarters has risen by 0.1 pp each, while the third‑quarter figure remains unchanged.