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G20 GDP growth picks up a little in the first quarter of 2024 |
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12 June 2024 – Gross domestic product (GDP) in the G20 area grew by 0.9% quarter-on-quarter in the first quarter of 2024 according to provisional estimates, slightly up from 0.7% in the previous quarter (Figure 1). The economic performance of the G20 area was mainly driven by China and India in Q1 2024. Both countries, along with Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Korea and Indonesia recorded higher GDP growth than the G20 as a whole. Türkiye saw the highest growth at 2.4%, followed by India (1.9%), China (1.6%), Saudi Arabia (1.4%), Korea (1.3%) and Indonesia (1.2%). Growth recovered in Saudi Arabia following a contraction of 0.6% in Q4 2023. The GDP growth rate increased in China, Korea and Türkiye in Q1 compared with Q4, but fell slightly in India and Indonesia. |
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