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Ukraine's GDP 9.9 per cent down in 2015

GDP per capita was 46,201 hryvnyas, or 1,753 dollars at the current exchange rate.

Ukraine's GDP 9.9 per cent down in 2015
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In 2015, Ukraine's real GDP dropped by 9.9 per cent compared with 2014 (in regular prices effective in 2010). Its nominal value reached 1,979,458,000 hryvnyas (in actual prices, disregarding the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea, Sevastopol and Donbas), the country's State Statistics Service said on 21 March.

The quarterly decrease made 17 per cent, 14.7 per cent, 7.2 per cent and 1.4 per cent compared with the same periods in 2014 respectively.

In 2015, GDP per capita was 46,201 hryvnyas.

The government expects a 1-per-cent GDP growth in 2016.

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