Real GDP growth had shown a positive improvement in 2010, growing at 2.6 percent, reflecting increased production of oil and gas and government development spending. GDP growth also slowed to 0.5 percent and 0.4 percent in 2004 and 2005 respectively, owing to temporarily lower oil and gas production as production facilities were repaired and upgraded (WTO, 2008). However, dependence on oil and gas has been reduced since 2000, as a range of non-oil sectors has been developed.