The High Commission for Planning reported that the national economy continued its positive performance in the second quarter of 2025, with a growth rate of 5.5%, compared to just 3% during the same period in 2024.
The Commission clarified in its news bulletin about the economic situation that internal demand was the main driver of this growth, in a context marked by controlled inflation despite the increasing need for economic financing.
According to official data, non-agricultural activities recorded a rise of 5.5%, while agricultural activity grew by 4.7%. The added value of the primary sector increased by 4.2% after a decline of 4.8% during the same quarter of the previous year, due to an increase in agricultural activities and a decrease in fishing activities by 7.7%.
The secondary sector also achieved remarkable performance, showing growth of 7.4% compared to 3.1%, thanks to the dynamism in electricity, gas, water, sanitation, and waste processing activities (+8.9%), manufacturing industry (+6.9%), and construction and public works (+6.7%).
In the tertiary sector, the growth rate was 4.8% compared to 4.2% the previous year, driven mainly by improvements in hotel and restaurant activities (+10.5%), public services and social security (+4.8%), and trade and vehicle repair (+4.4%). Meanwhile, the pace of some activities such as education, health, and social work slowed to 5.7% from 6.4%, and transportation and storage dropped to 4.3% from 7.9%.
As for the gross domestic product at current prices, it increased by 7.8% during the second quarter of 2025, compared to 6.9% during the same period in 2024, which positively reflected on the price level that slowed to 2.3% from 3.9%.
