ROMA (ITALPRESS) – In 2025 the Italian GDP in volume increased by 0.5% compared to 2024 (+1.3% of the average growth of the euro area). The increase was mainly driven by domestic demand, which provided a positive contribution of 1.5 percentage points. On the contrary, net foreign demand and the variation of stocks have exerted a negative contribution, respectively, by -0,7 and -0,2 percentage points. This is what emerges from the data of the Istat Note on the Italian economy. In particular, gross domestic product in the fourth quarter recorded a conjunctural growth of 0.3%. In the European comparison, the increase was higher than that of France (+0.2%), similar to that of Germany (+0.3%) but less than that of Spain (+0.8%). Among the components, net foreign demand has provided a negative contribution (-0.7 percentage points), due to a decline in exports of goods and services, with an increase in imports (respectively -1.2% and +1.0%).
The change in stocks and national demand net of stocks provided positive contributions to GDP growth, respectively, 0.7 and 0.3 percentage points. In detail, in the fourth quarter of 2025, national final consumption increased by 0.1% compared to the previous three months, with an increase in expenditure of public administrations (AP) and resident households and ISP of similar entity (+0.2% and +0.1%). Household spending on economic territory showed a slowdown in non-durable goods (-0.1%). On the contrary, semi-hard goods, durable goods and services have recorded increases (+0.1%, +0.3% and +0.1%). Also in the fourth quarter of 2025, gross fixed investments have evidenced a significant increase (+0.9%), driven by the increase from investments in housing (+7.1%).
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