Italy GDP Growth Rate

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

Units In

-0.1

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
16 Sep 2020	-13.1 Jun 2020	0.55 %	1960-2025	National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)

Italy is the ninth largest economy in the world and the third largest in the Euro Zone. The country has a diversified industrial base driven in large part by manufacturing of high-quality consumer goods. Composition of the GDP on the expenditure side: household consumption (61 percent), government expenditure (19 percent) and gross fixed capital formation (17 percent). Exports of goods and services account for 30 percent of GDP while imports for 27 percent, adding 3 percent to total GDP.

Latest Updates

The Italian gross domestic product expanded by 0.1% from the previous quarter on the three months to September of 2025, erasing the 0.1% contraction from the earlier period and revised higher from the preliminary estimate of a stall to meet the initial expectations by markets. Gross fixed investment expanded by 0.6%, as a 2.5% growth for plants and machinery offset a 1.4% contraction for residential construction. In the meantime, final domestic consumption inched 0.1% higher amid a 0.1% rise for private consumption and a 0.1% increase for government expenditure. In turn, net domestic demand contributed to a 0.5 percentage point increase in GDP growth as exports jumped 2.6% on the quarter and imports rose a softer 1.2%, aided by the reduction of aggressive tariffs from the United States during the period. The Italian GDP expanded by 0.6% annually in the third quarter and 0.5% in the first three quarters.