KIEV, Jan. 25 - Ukraine’s current account deficit may worsen to $3.8 billion or 2.5% of GDP in 2011 compared with $2.5 billion or 1.9% of GDP in 2010, a senior official at the National Bank of Ukraine said.

Ihor Shumylo, the director of the chief economic department at the NBU, GDP growth in 2010 was 4.5%, including a 2% rise in the fourth quarter of 2010.