Real GDP during each government's tenure

27 governments, ranked by how real GDP changed from their first day in office, next to the European Union over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	Government	Country	In office	Total	vs EU	Per year	Chart
1	Bertie Ahern	Ireland	26 Jun 1997 – 7 May 2008	+94.2% Q1 1997 → Q1 2008	+62.2 pts EU +32.0%	+6.2%/yr
2	Jean-Claude Juncker	Luxembourg	20 Jan 1995 – 5 Dec 2013 from Q2 1995	+88.0% Q2 1995 → Q3 2013	+54.4 pts EU +33.6%	+3.5%/yr
3	Joseph Muscat	Malta	9 Mar 2013 – 13 Jan 2020	+65.6% Q4 2012 → Q4 2019	+51.1 pts EU +14.4%	+7.5%/yr
4	Enda Kenny	Ireland	9 Mar 2011 – 14 Jun 2017	+51.1% Q4 2010 → Q1 2017	+42.8 pts EU +8.3%	+6.8%/yr
5	Nikos Anastasiades	Cyprus	28 Feb 2013 – 28 Feb 2023	+47.2% Q4 2012 → Q4 2022	+28.1 pts EU +19.1%	+3.9%/yr
6	Algirdas Brazauskas	Lithuania	3 Jul 2001 – 4 Jul 2006	+46.4% Q2 2001 → Q2 2006	+36.2 pts EU +10.2%	+7.9%/yr
7	Viktor Orbán	Hungary	29 May 2010 – 9 May 2026	+44.3% Q1 2010 → Q1 2026	+18.5 pts EU +25.9%	+2.3%/yr
8	TP Aigars Kalvītis	Latvia	2 Dec 2004 – 20 Dec 2007	+40.8% Q3 2004 → Q3 2007	+31.7 pts EU +9.1%	+12.1%/yr
9	Göran Persson	Sweden	22 Mar 1996 – 6 Oct 2006	+40.2% Q4 1995 → Q3 2006	+10.6 pts EU +29.6%	+3.2%/yr
10	Mikuláš Dzurinda	Slovakia	30 Oct 1998 – 4 Jul 2006	+39.9% Q3 1998 → Q2 2006	+19.8 pts EU +20.1%	+4.4%/yr

Showing 10 of 196 tenures.

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); the European Union is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. €bn, chain-linked 2010 volumes · Eurostat (namq_10_gdp), chain-linked volumes, seasonally and calendar adjusted · country data · as of Sep 2026.