ICT accounts for 1.8 percent of GDP

The total volume of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) produced in Azerbaijan in January – February of 2013 amounted to 8.3 billion mantas, which is 3.2 percent more than in the same period of the previous year.

This information was provided to “ICTnews” online news service by the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

According to the committee, the volume of the added value generated by the non-oil sector during the reporting period amounted to 4.1 billion manat, which is 10.5 percent more than in the same period of last year and which makes 48.9 percent of GDP. Information and communication services account for 1.8 percent of GDP.

The added value generated by information and communication services in the reporting period is 16.0 percent more compared to the same period of the previous year.

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