Groysman (left) and Poroshenko (right) / Photo from UNIAN
It is higher than the pre-war figure.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced that the growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product in 2018 was 3.4%.
"We have ensured the growth of real gross domestic product over twelve quarters. In 2018, gross domestic product growth was 3.4%, the largest in seven years," he said during a working visit to Kharkiv region.
"Let me draw your attention – it exceeded the pre-war GDP growth level," he said.
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Poroshenko also noted that for the first time in five years, the inflation rate for the past year was less than 10%.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said at a government meeting on February 13 that Ukraine's GDP growth in 2018 was 3.2%.
The Cabinet of Ministers predicts Ukraine's GDP will grow by 3% in 2019. The forecast of the National Bank by is 2.5%, that of the International Monetary Fund is 2.7% and the World Bank's estimate is 2.9%. According to the consensus forecast of experts polled by UNIAN, Ukraine's economic growth in 2019 is expected to slow to 2.8%.