According to the 2025 economic situation report published in September 2026 by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), the national GDP shows stable growth at 3.5% in a global context of 3.5%.
The tertiary sector remains the driver at +4.3% and the secondary sector recovers to +2.6%, offsetting the slowdown in the primary sector to +1.8%. Growth is driven by consumption at +4.6% but slowed by foreign trade at -0.8 points.
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According to the annual report of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) published in September 2026, the national economy showed resilience in 2025 by maintaining its growth rate at 3.5%. This performance was achieved in an international context marked by stable global growth at 3.5%, due to the slowdown in international trade, the decline in inflation, and the drop in energy product prices.
Supply: the tertiary sector pulls, the primary sector stalls
INS analysis by supply sector reveals contrasting dynamics. The primary sector slows significantly to 1.8% after 3.6% in 2024, linked to the deceleration of agriculture to 1.1%. A poor performance mitigated by the continued dynamism of livestock (3.8%) and fishing (4.8%).
The secondary sector improves its performance with growth of 2.6% after 1.7% in 2024. According to the Institute, this recovery is driven by the agri-food industries (3.6%), other manufacturing industries (4.4%), and construction (4.3%), but remains hindered by the contraction of extractive industries.
The tertiary sector remains the main driver of growth with an increase of 4.3%, supported notably by information and communication services (10.3%) and financial activities (9.2%).
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Demand: consumption offsets the external deficit
On the demand side, INS highlights that final consumption remains the main support of activity with an increase of 4.6%, driven by its private component (4.9%). Investment grows by 1.9%, due to the rebound in private investment, while public investment slows down.
Exports of goods and services increase slightly by 1.0%, but imports grow more (5.1%). Thus, the balance of foreign trade contributes negatively by 0.8 points to GDP growth, compared to -0.2 points in 2024.
Looking ahead to 2026, INS estimates that the economy should continue to benefit from the momentum of productive investments engaged in the agricultural, industrial, and mining sectors, in a context of ongoing global disinflation and persistent geopolitical tensions.
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