KIEV, Feb. 14 - The growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to the same period of 2015 accelerated to 4.7% compared to 2% in the third quarter, according to the State Statistics Service.

In relation to the third quarter of 2016 the seasonally adjusted growth in the fourth quarter was 1.9%.

As reported, in December last year the statistics service improved the estimate of GDP growth in the third quarter of 2016 from 1.8% to 2%, whereas in the second quarter of this year the figure was 1.4%, in the first quarter it stood at 0.1% .