Services, value added in China
China: Services, value added was 5.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Services, value added in China, 1979–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in China stood at 5.4%.
The figure is up 6.2% on the previous year and down 37.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in China peaked at 19.4% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2020.
That places China 45th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 47 years of available data.
Services, value added in China, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 7.9% | — |
| 1980 | 6.1% | -22.3% |
| 1981 | 9.6% | +56.6% |
| 1982 | 12.7% | +32.4% |
| 1983 | 14.6% | +15.4% |
| 1984 | 19.4% | +32.5% |
| 1985 | 18.1% | -6.6% |
| 1986 | 12.3% | -32.1% |
| 1987 | 14.7% | +19.4% |
| 1988 | 13.2% | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 5.8% | -55.7% |
| 1990 | 2.7% | -54.0% |
| 1991 | 9.6% | +255.9% |
| 1992 | 12.8% | +34.4% |
| 1993 | 12.3% | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 11.5% | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 10.3% | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 9.4% | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 10.6% | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 8.6% | -18.5% |
| 1999 | 9.5% | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 10.0% | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 10.2% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 10.7% | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 9.7% | -9.0% |
| 2004 | 10.2% | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 12.5% | +22.5% |
| 2006 | 14.0% | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 15.8% | +13.2% |
| 2008 | 10.5% | -33.7% |
| 2009 | 9.6% | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 9.6% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 9.3% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 8.0% | -14.0% |
| 2013 | 8.3% | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 8.4% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 8.6% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 7.9% | -7.9% |
| 2017 | 8.1% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 8.0% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -68.7% |
| 2021 | 9.0% | +279.0% |
| 2022 | 3.5% | -60.7% |
| 2023 | 6.3% | +77.3% |
| 2024 | 5.1% | -19.2% |
| 2025 | 5.4% | +6.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 5.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.3%, 1.6× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- China's 5.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.4%, 1.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Services, value added in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +279.0% | 2.4% | 9.0% |
| 1991 | +255.9% | 2.7% | 9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.9% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 1 |
| 1980s | 12.6% | 5.8% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.7% | 2.7% | 12.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.3% | 9.6% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 2.4% | 9.0% | 6 |
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- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 157.21 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0081 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 111.77 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 79.98 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 87.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0041 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 56.86 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in China?
- Services, value added in China was 5.4% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 19.4% in 1984.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2020.
- How does China rank for services, value added?
- China ranks 45th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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.