This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the department.

It is noted that these are still preliminary estimates, but this indicator is clearly better than the experts predicted earlier.

Earlier it was reported that the GDP of the United States in 2020, according to the first estimate, decreased by 3.5%.

On January 21, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) estimated the fall in the country's GDP in 2020 at 4.4%.

On January 12, the Minister of Economy of Kazakhstan Ruslan Dalenov noted that the country's GDP at the end of 2020 decreased by 2.6%.

In December, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia announced that they expect a fall in Russia's GDP in 2020 at the level of 3.8%.