BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 10
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The value of Iran's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), including crude oil, increased by 5.1 percent, during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through December 21, 2021), compared to the same period last Iranian year, Trend reports citing the statistics of Statistical Center of Iran.
According to the statistics, the value of Iran’s GDP (including crude oil) amounted to 5.5 quadrillion rials (about $131 billion) within 9 months.
Meanwhile, in the same period last Iranian year, the figure stood at 5.23 quadrillion rials (about $125 billion).
In addition, the value of Iran's GDP (excluding crude oil) increased by 3.8 percent in nine months, compared to the same period last Iranian year.
“So, the value of Iran’s GDP (excluding crude oil) amounted to 4.72 quadrillion rials (about $112 billion) during the reporting period, while in the same period last Iranian, this figure amounted to 4.55 quadrillion rials (about $108 billion),” the statistics said.
Iran reached an increase of 13.4 percent in the value of GDP in the oil-gas sector, 5.1 percent in the services sector, 3.4 percent in the industrial sector, 5.1 percent in energy sector, 6.3 percent in construction sector, while a decrease of 3.9 percent in the agriculture sector and 2 percent in the mining sector.
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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