The office also reported that both household and government final consumption expenditure increased in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the previous quarter. Based on provisional results, exports also rose.
GDP in the first quarter of 2026 was up 0.5 per cent compared with the first quarter of 2025, adjusted for price. The increase was 0.3 per cent after adjustment for price and calendar effects, Destatis said in a press release.
Germany’s GDP grew 0.3 per cent in Q1 FY26 after a revised 0.2 per cent rise in Q4 2025, according to Destatis.
Growth was supported by higher household and government spending and rising exports.
Year-on-year, GDP increased 0.5 per cent.
Destatis also revised Q4 2025 growth down slightly and cut full-year 2025 growth to 0.3 per cent from 0.4 per cent.
In addition to calculating data for the first quarter of 2026, the office also reviewed published results for the previous year and included new statistical information in the calculation. As a result, the rate of change of the price-adjusted GDP was revised downwards by 0.1 percentage points for the fourth quarter of 2025.
The results remained unchanged in the remaining quarters of the previous year. For the whole year of 2025, the most recent calculations resulted in a 0.3 per cent increase in price and calendar adjusted GDP instead of the previous 0.4 per cent.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (RR)
