Bulgaria's GDP has gone up by 4.3% over the third quarter of 2003 as compared to the same period of 2002. Preliminary data reveals that Bulgaria's GDP during that period amounted to USD 5.5B or USD 701 per capita. The private sector generated 78.1% of the value added during the period. The largest climb in the value added was reported by the industry sector – 28.2% in Q3 2003 from 27.1% in Q3 2002. The increase marked by the Bulgarian GDP over the nine months of 2003 reached 4.2% as compared to the same period in 2002. The GDP since the beginning of the year totalled USD 14.1B or USD 1 794 per capita.