The Country’s gross domestic product (GDP) registered a robust 8.2 percent growth in the second quarter of the current financial year, driven by strong performance in the manufacturing, secondary, and tertiary sectors. GDP growth in the second quarter was higher than the 7.8 percent recorded in the first quarter of the current financial year and the 5.6 percent seen in the corresponding period last year.

 

The country’s nominal GDP grew by 8.7 percent during the second quarter of this financial year. Manufacturing, which makes up 14 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product, rose by 9.1 per cent in the second quarter, up from 2.2 per cent in the same quarter last financial year.