Annual growth was driven by 5.8% growth in the manufacturing sector, 4.3% growth in the utilities sector, while mining output declined 7.6%.
Compared with December 2016, manufacturing output grew 1.3% in January and the utilities sector grew 0.9%, while mining output was down 0.1%, the data showed.
In unadjusted terms, industrial output grew 5.8% in January compared with January 2016, and grew 0.9% compared with December 2016.