Spain, Germany and Estonia are at the forefront of growth in the euro zone, whose gross (GDP) domestic product rose 0.3 percent in the final three months of 2014 compared with the previous quarter, Eurostat reported Friday.
The European Statistical Office (Eurostat) said in its report that the economy of the countries comprising the European Union (EU) as a whole grew 0.4 percent in the final three months of 2014, compared to the previous quarter when it rose 0.3 percent.
The entity within the European Commission indicated that the GDP of the euro zone had an expansion of 0.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the same period of 2013.
He said that in the fourth quarter of 2014, the 28 EU countries as a whole grew 1.3 percent compared to the same period a year ago.
According to the report, Spain is among the European economies which recorded the highest growth.
Estonia and Sweden grew 1.1 percent in the final quarter of last year; Hungary did so by 0.9 percent; and Spain and Germany followed suit by 0.7 percent.
The economy of Portugal, in turn, strengthened its recovery with growth of 0.5 percent, two tenths more than in the previous three months.
According to Eurostat, Italy left his recession by maintaining its GDP unchanged after three negative quarters changes.
In counterpart, nations that showed a decrease in their economies were Cyprus with 0.7 percent and Greece with 0.4 percent, while GDP Finland and Austria decreased 0.2 percent.
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