Jordan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.5 percent during the third quarter of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009, according to official estimates. Official estimates released by the Department of Statistics ( DoS) Sunday showed that the country's GDP growth in the second quarter of 2010 stood at 2.9 percent. Overall GDP growth during the first three quarters of 2010 stood at 2.8 percent, according to the DoS estimates. The GDP growth in the third quarter was attributed to the growth in several economic sectors in the Arab kingdom, according to DoS estimates. The extractive industry sector witnessed the highest growth rate in the third quarter of this year, recording 78.4 percent, followed by agriculture, hunting and fisheries sector that recorded 9.1 percent growth rate. The wholesale and retail sector registered a growth of 5.5 percent during the third quarter followed by the public services sector that grew by 4.8 percent. According to DoS, the transport, storage and communications sector grew by 3.9 percent during the third quarter of 2010. Among the sectors that witnessed a drop was the construction sector that declined by 4.6 percent during the third quarter of this year. 