The real growth rates are measured as percentage changes of QGDP for the current year as compared to the QGDP for the previous year. The real growth rate for the first quarter of the year 2013 is therefore the percentage change between the QGDP for the first quarter of the year 2012 and the corresponding QGDP for the first quarter, for the year 2013
The Real Gross Domestic Product at market price is estimated to have increased at a growth rate of 7.5 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared to a growth rate of 7.4 percent in the first quarter of 2012.
In absolute terms, the QGDP for the quarter under review was 4,540,456 million shillings for the year 2013 compared to 4,225,585 million shillings in 2012
