BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 19. The value of the gross domestic product (GDP) in Iran’s agricultural sector grew by 38.6 percent in the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through December 21, 2023), compared to the same period of last Iranian year, the country's Central Bank (CBI) said, Trend reports.
The CBI's data showed that the above figure was 18 quadrillion rials (about $428 billion) at current prices, while in the first nine months of the previous Iranian year, the figure stood at 13 quadrillion rials (about $213 billion).
The data also showed that the share of the agricultural sector in Iran's GDP was 17.2 percent in nine months.
To note, the country's GDP value (including crude oil) was 104 quadrillion rials (about $2.48 trillion) in nine months at current prices, which is an increase of 37.6 percent compared to the same period of last Iranian year.
The CBI announced the GDP in statistics both at current prices and at the prices of seven years ago (March 21, 2015 through March 20, 2016), which are considered an index for the country. The information includes current prices.
Both the Central Bank of Iran and the Statistical Center of Iran provide statistics on GDP in the country; however, there is always a difference in the figures.
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