"Figure 11: UK growth in 2018 and in previous five years is faster than that of EU as a whole","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Country","2017 growth","Average growth, 2011-2016" "Ireland","0.96","0.85" "United Kingdom","0.65","0.74" "Germany including former GDR","0.33","0.55" "Spain","0.28","-0.12" "European Union - 28 countries","0.20","0.29" "France","0.18","0.47" "European Union - 27 countries (from 2019)","0.13","0.23" "Poland","0.01","-0.05" "Italy","-0.17","0.40"