| Europe's GDP growth rates | ||||
| Change compared with the previous quarter ( | ||||
| Q1 2012 | Q2 2012 | Q1 2012 | Q2 2012 | |
| European Union (27 countries) | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Eurozone (17 countries) | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.4 |
| Austria | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Belgium | 0.2 | -0.6 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| Cyprus | -0.4 | -0.8 | -1.5 | -2.4 |
| Estonia | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| Finland | 0.8 | -1.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 |
| France | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Greece | n/a | n/a | -6.5 | -6.2 |
| Ireland | -1.1 | n/a | 1.4 | n/a |
| Italy | -0.8 | -0.7 | -1.4 | -2.5 |
| Luxembourg | -1.5 | n/a | 0.0 | n/a |
| Malta | -0.1 | n/a | -0.4 | n/a |
| Netherlands | 0.2 | 0.2 | -1.0 | -0.5 |
| Portugal | -0.1 | -1.2 | -2.3 | -3.3 |
| Slovakia | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| Slovenia | 0.2 | n/a | -0.8 | n/a |
| Spain | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -1.0 |
| United States | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Source: Eurostat |
