Services, value added in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Services, value added was 5.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Services, value added in Early-demographic dividend, 1966–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
Early-demographic dividend recorded 5.2% for services, value added in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.3% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 10.3% in 1974 and was at its lowest, -4.9%, in 2020.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 7th of 41 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 60 years of available data.
Services, value added in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 3.6% | — |
| 1967 | 4.7% | +28.0% |
| 1968 | 6.5% | +38.7% |
| 1969 | 5.4% | -16.3% |
| 1970 | 7.0% | +28.9% |
| 1971 | 5.5% | -21.1% |
| 1972 | 6.8% | +24.3% |
| 1973 | 6.4% | -7.0% |
| 1974 | 10.3% | +62.0% |
| 1975 | 8.5% | -17.2% |
| 1976 | 5.2% | -39.1% |
| 1977 | 4.8% | -7.0% |
| 1978 | 5.1% | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 5.9% | +16.6% |
| 1980 | 6.3% | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 4.3% | -30.9% |
| 1982 | 2.8% | -35.6% |
| 1983 | 3.1% | +10.1% |
| 1984 | 2.9% | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 1.4% | -50.5% |
| 1986 | 0.6% | -59.2% |
| 1987 | 3.2% | +441.8% |
| 1988 | 2.2% | -31.7% |
| 1989 | 3.0% | +39.5% |
| 1990 | 4.2% | +40.0% |
| 1991 | 4.4% | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 4.6% | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 5.0% | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 3.3% | -34.0% |
| 1995 | 2.6% | -21.0% |
| 1996 | 4.9% | +87.4% |
| 1997 | 6.1% | +26.1% |
| 1998 | 3.4% | -44.4% |
| 1999 | 3.1% | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 4.1% | +30.1% |
| 2001 | 2.9% | -29.5% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 4.3% | +49.4% |
| 2004 | 6.3% | +46.6% |
| 2005 | 6.2% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 6.5% | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 6.8% | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 4.7% | -30.7% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | -54.4% |
| 2010 | 6.3% | +196.3% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 5.2% | -9.6% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 4.9% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 4.6% | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 4.3% | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 4.6% | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 4.3% | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 3.6% | -16.4% |
| 2020 | -4.9% | -235.9% |
| 2021 | 7.5% | -252.2% |
| 2022 | 6.9% | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 4.8% | -31.3% |
| 2024 | 4.7% | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 5.2% | +11.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.0% | 3.6% | 6.5% | 4 |
| 1970s | 6.6% | 4.8% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.0% | 0.6% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.2% | 2.6% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.7% | 2.1% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.9% | 3.6% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.0% | -4.9% | 7.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
- 4 Bhutan 12.4% compare
- 5 Kyrgyzstan 10.9% compare
- 6 Georgia 10.6% compare
- 7 South Sudan 10.4% compare
- 8 Macau, China 9.0% compare
- 9 India 9.0% compare
- 10 Palau 8.9% compare
More economy & growth data for Early-demographic dividend
- External balance on goods and services -1.9% (2025)
- Gross capital formation 3.4% (2025)
- Gross capital formation 27.9% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 4.53 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 3.87 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 6.0% (2025)
- Trade in services 12.6% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 2.63 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 2.78 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Early-demographic dividend?
- Services, value added in Early-demographic dividend was 5.2% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 10.3% in 1974.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was -4.9% in 2020.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for services, value added?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 7th out of 41 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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.