KIEV, Jan. 30 – The growth in Ukraine's real gross domestic product accelerated to 5.2% in 2011 from 4.2% in 2010, the State Statistics Service reported on Monday.

The service said that in the fourth quarter of 2011, the pace of growth, compared to the same period in 2010, slowed to 4.6%, from 6.6% in the third quarter.

The service added that compared with the third quarter of 2011, taking into account seasonal factors, GDP growth in the fourth quarter was 0.6%.