Portugal with 2nd largest chain rise in GDP in the 2nd quarter

Portugal with 2nd largest chain rise in GDP in the 2nd quarter

In the first three months of the year, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of euro countries had a homologous advance of 1.5% and the 27 member states of 1.6%.

The economy of the eurozone grew 1.4% in the second quarter and the (EU) 1.5%, compared to the same period, with the Portuguese GDP registering the second largest chain rise (0.6%), discloses the .

In the first three months of the year, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of euro countries had a homologous advance of 1.5% and the 27 member states of 1.6%.

Compared to the previous quarter, between April and June, GDP increased 0.1% in the euro area and 0.2% in the EU, according to a preliminary provisional estimate published by the European statistics service and can still be reviewed.

GDP growth soften, in the second quarter, compared to 0.6% in the euro area and 0.5% in the EU registered in the previous period.

The homologous growth rate was positive in all countries, says Eurostat, with Ireland (16.2%), Lithuania (3.0%) and Spain (2.8%) to record the highest climbs.

In chain comparison, Spain (0.7%) registered the largest increase, followed by Portugal (0.6%) and Estonia (0.5%). There were decreases in Ireland (-1.0%), Germany and Italy (both -0.1%).

A Portuguese economy advanced 1.9% in the second quarter of 2025in the face of the homologist.

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