IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The seasonally adjusted real GDP at market prices for the first quarter of 2006 increased by an annualised rate of 4,2 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2005. The real annualised economic growth rates during the four quarters of 2005 were 4,6 percent, 5,3 percent (revised from 5,4 percent), 4,1 percent (revised from 4,2 percent) and 3,2 percent (revised from 3,3 percent) respectively.

The unadjusted real GDP at market prices for the first quarter of 2006 increased by 4,0 percent compared with the first quarter of 2005. The corresponding increase for the respective quarters of 2005 were 5,5 percent, 4,8 percent (revised from 4,9 percent), 4,9 percent and 4,4 percent (revised from 4,5 percent), yielding an annual growth rate of  4,9 percent in real GDP at market prices.