11 July, 2021
GDP growth for the first quarter this year has been estimated as 4.3 percent positive growth rate compared to the 1.8 percent growth notched in the corresponding quarter last year, a communiqué released by the Department of Census and Statistics stated on Friday. The GDP for the first quarter this year at a constant price had increased to Rs. 2,393,922 million from Rs. 2,295,432 million recorded the first quarter of last year.
The GDP for the first quarter of this year at current price had increased to Rs. 4,173,783 million from Rs. 3,844,079 million recorded in the corresponding quarter of last year, registering a 8.6 percent change in the current price GDP.