Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 2.2% in October-December on a year-on-year basis, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said in a statement. Eight economists polled by Reuters had expected growth of 2.1%.

GDP grew 0.2% on a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted basis in October-December.

For the full year of 2022, the economy grew 3.8%. The official forecast was 3.5%.

(Reporting by Chen Lin; Polling by Devayani Sathyan and Dhruvi Shah; Editing by Sam Holmes)