Eurostat: Poland with 2.9% share in EU GDP

According to data released by the EU statistics office Eurostat, Poland's share in the EU's GDP amounted to 2.9 percent. Germany was the leader with 21 percent share. Overall, euro zone countries were responsible for 72 percent of the bloc's combined GDP, which last year amounted to €14.8 billion. Besides Germany, which GDP stood at €3.1 trillion, the UK (16 percent) and France (15 percent) were the front runners. On the other end of the spectrum were Malta, Estonia and Cyprus, with 0.1 percent share. Eleven EU member states had less than 1 percent share. Poland with its GDP estimated at €424.6 billion placed 8th, ahead of such countries as Belgium (2.8 percent) and Austria (2.4 percent).