From October till December 2018, the real GDP of Ukraine grew up by 3.4 percent compared to the same period in 2017. This is mentioned in the report posted on the website of the State Statistics Service.
The State Statistics Service is still counting the annual index of the real GDP.
In July-September 2018, the GDP increased by 2.8 percent compared to the same period in 2017.
Earlier, the World Bank worsened the forecast of Ukraine's GDP growth in 2018 from 3.3 to 3.5 percent.
Previously, 112 International quoted Stepan Kubiv, the First Vice Prime Minister and the Minister of Trade and Economic Development of Ukraine who said that the current share of the IT industry in the economy of Ukraine makes four percent of the country's GDP. 'Today, the IT sector makes 4 percent of the GDP; it's 150,000 highly-paid employees that shape the middle class. In another year and a half, there will be 200,000 of them,' the official said.