Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.9% in the EU27 in the fourth quarter of 2011, after +1.3% and +1.4% respectively in the previous quarter.
During the fourth quarter of 2011, GDP in the United States increased by 0.7% compared with the previous quarter (after +0.5% in the third quarter of 2011). In Japan GDP declined by 0.6% in the fourth quarter of 2011 (after +1.7%).
Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, GDP rose by 1.6% in the United States (after +1.5% in the previous quarter), and decreased by 1.0% in Japan (after -0.6%).
Over the whole year2 2011, GDP increased by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.6% in the EU27.