Services, value added in Australia
Australia: Services, value added was 1.7% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Services, value added in Australia, 1991–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1.7% for services, value added in 2025.
The figure is down 15.4% on the previous year and down 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Australia peaked at 7.5% in 1995 and was at its lowest, -1.5%, in 2020.
That places Australia 152nd out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Services, value added in Australia, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.1% | — |
| 1992 | 1.1% | -1225.7% |
| 1993 | 3.8% | +227.5% |
| 1994 | 4.9% | +31.3% |
| 1995 | 7.5% | +52.6% |
| 1996 | 3.1% | -58.4% |
| 1997 | 4.8% | +53.3% |
| 1998 | 5.4% | +12.4% |
| 1999 | 5.8% | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 4.2% | -26.8% |
| 2001 | 2.3% | -44.8% |
| 2002 | 4.0% | +70.8% |
| 2003 | 4.7% | +19.3% |
| 2004 | 4.0% | -15.6% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | -27.1% |
| 2006 | 3.2% | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 3.7% | +15.7% |
| 2008 | 3.2% | -12.7% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | -34.3% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | -38.1% |
| 2011 | 2.5% | +92.6% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | +65.7% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | -61.5% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | +100.7% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | -21.1% |
| 2016 | 3.8% | +51.2% |
| 2017 | 2.1% | -45.9% |
| 2018 | 3.2% | +53.9% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | -10.2% |
| 2020 | -1.5% | -152.7% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | -185.6% |
| 2022 | 5.7% | +340.6% |
| 2023 | 6.2% | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 2.0% | -67.2% |
| 2025 | 1.7% | -15.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.2%, 80% of the median. (69 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.4%, 50% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Services, value added in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +1225.7% | -0.1% | 1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.0% | -0.1% | 7.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 3.4% | 2.1% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 1.3% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | -1.5% | 6.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 149 Bermuda 1.8% compare
- 150 Denmark 1.8% compare
- 151 South Korea 1.7% compare
- 153 Netherlands 1.7% compare
- 154 Latvia 1.6% compare
- 155 Montenegro 1.6% compare
More economy & growth data for Australia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.36 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -4.55 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -164.69 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 36.52 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -32.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0203 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,323 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 20.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Australia?
- Services, value added in Australia was 1.7% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 1995.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.5% in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for services, value added?
- Australia ranks 152nd out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.