KYIV, May 15 – Ukraine's real GDP in the first quarter of 2020 fell by 1.5% compared with the first quarter of 2019, the State Statistics Service said.

According to its data, compared with the previous quarter, the seasonally adjusted decline in GDP was 0.8%.

The service traditionally does not yet report other data.

As reported, the National Bank on April 23 estimated the fall in Ukraine's GDP in the first quarter at 0.5%, and the Ministry of Economy on May 12 at 1.2%.