According to the Quick Information Sheet (FIR) referring to the National Accounts for the third quarter of 2024, the value relating to the evolution in the third quarter compared to the second quarter of 2024 (2.94 percent) takes into account the seasonally adjusted series.
The main activities that contributed positively to the variation in GDP in the third quarter of 2024 in relation to the second quarter were oil extraction and refining (0.43 percentage points), trade (0.4 percentage points), fishing (0.3 percentage points). , mining of diamonds and other minerals (0.24 p.p.) and postage and telecommunications (0.12 p.p.).
INE data indicate that the accumulated positive variation throughout the year, in relation to the same period in 2023, is mainly attributed to the activities of extracting diamonds, metallic minerals and others (36.8 percent), transport and storage ( 14.1 percent), fishing (11.6 percent), electricity and water (7.0 percent), commerce (4.9 percent), other services (4.6 percent), agriculture (4. 1 percent) and oil extraction and refining (4.1 percent).
The activities that contributed the most, in terms of participation, and constituted important factors for the activity's performance in GDP in the third quarter of 2024 were extraction and refining of crude oil and natural gas with a weight of 29.3 percent, trade with 22 percent, 5 percent, agriculture and forestry (11.4 percent), other services (7.2 percent), products and manufacturing (8.6 percent) and fishing at 5.8 percent.