The smallest GDP growth rates were registered in Belgium (1.4%), Italy (1.5%), Finland and Great Britain (1.7%) in April-June 2017, compared with the year-earlier period, according to Eurostat.
Romania posted the third biggest GDP growth rate in the EU, of 1.6%, on the year in the second quarter of 2017, after he Czech Republic (2.3%) and Sweden (1.7%).
Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.6% in both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28 during the second quarter of 2017, compared with the previous quarter, according to a flash estimate published by Eurostat. Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 2.2% in the euro area and by 2.3% in the EU28 in the second quarter of 2017, after +1.9% and +2.1% respectively in the previous quarter.