The French economy grew by 0.3% in the last three months of 2013, government figures indicate.

法国政府统计数据显示，2013年第四季度法国经济增长0.3%。

At the same time, the country's INSEE statistical office reported that growth was zero in the third quarter of 2013, revised up from an initial estimate of a 0.1% contraction.

The figures mean that the world's fifth-largest economy has escaped falling back into recession.

Over the whole of 2013, the French economy grew by 0.3%.

Meanwhile, the German economy also notched up higher growth in the October-to-December period.

The country's GDP expanded by 0.4% in the final quarter of 2013, after seeing growth of 0.3% in the previous three months, according to the federal statistics office, Destatis.