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source: National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
url: https://www.istat.it/en/press-release/preliminary-estimate-of-gdp-q1-2026/
document_type: html
date_retrieved: 2026-04-30
period: Q1 2026
parent_publication: Preliminary estimate of GDP
indicators_covered: [GDP Growth Rate QoQ, GDP Growth Rate YoY]
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# Preliminary estimate of GDP – Q1 2026

**Publication date:** 30 April 2026  
**Reference period:** Q1 2026

In the first quarter of 2026 the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume measure, of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) **increased by 0.2 per cent** with respect to the previous quarter and **by 0.7 per cent** over the same quarter of previous year.

The first quarter of 2026 had one working day less than the previous quarter and the same number of working days compared to the first quarter of 2025.

The quarter on quarter change of GDP was the result of an increase of value added in services and a decrease in agriculture, forestry and fishing and in industry. From the demand side, the GDP dynamic in the first quarter is the result of a positive contribution of net exports and a negative contribution of the domestic component (gross of change in inventories).

The carry-over annual GDP growth for 2026 is estimated at **0.5%**.

> *Full text and methodological note available as PDF (481 Kb) from the ISTAT press release page.*