In comparison with the first quarter of 2022, the Department of Population and Statistics states that in the first quarter of this year, the growth of the gross domestic product has taken a negative value of 11.5%.
Compared to the first quarter of 2022, the agricultural sector showed a slight growth of 0.8% in the first quarter of 2023, while the industrial and service economy contracted by 23.4% and 5.0%, respectively.