Services, value added in India
India: Services, value added was 9.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in India, 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
India recorded 9.0% for services, value added in 2025.
That represents a change of up 13.9% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in India peaked at 12.5% in 1999 and was at its lowest, -8.4%, in 2020.
That places India 9th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Services, value added in India, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.9% | — |
| 1962 | 5.4% | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 5.5% | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 5.4% | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 2.9% | -46.0% |
| 1966 | 3.1% | +8.5% |
| 1967 | 3.7% | +17.2% |
| 1968 | 4.4% | +20.2% |
| 1969 | 5.0% | +12.3% |
| 1970 | 4.7% | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 3.9% | -18.0% |
| 1972 | 3.1% | -20.4% |
| 1973 | 3.3% | +7.0% |
| 1974 | 3.8% | +14.1% |
| 1975 | 6.1% | +62.0% |
| 1976 | 4.6% | -24.5% |
| 1977 | 4.7% | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 6.3% | +35.4% |
| 1979 | 2.6% | -58.8% |
| 1980 | 3.5% | +33.0% |
| 1981 | 5.7% | +64.5% |
| 1982 | 7.5% | +32.0% |
| 1983 | 6.4% | -14.4% |
| 1984 | 6.6% | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 7.8% | +19.1% |
| 1986 | 8.1% | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 6.9% | -14.5% |
| 1988 | 7.4% | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 8.7% | +18.8% |
| 1990 | 5.5% | -36.5% |
| 1991 | 5.4% | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 5.9% | +8.2% |
| 1993 | 7.7% | +31.9% |
| 1994 | 5.1% | -34.8% |
| 1995 | 9.2% | +81.5% |
| 1996 | 6.8% | -26.3% |
| 1997 | 9.0% | +33.2% |
| 1998 | 8.2% | -8.7% |
| 1999 | 12.5% | +52.1% |
| 2000 | 5.1% | -59.1% |
| 2001 | 6.2% | +22.4% |
| 2002 | 6.3% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 7.4% | +15.8% |
| 2004 | 8.3% | +12.4% |
| 2005 | 9.1% | +10.4% |
| 2006 | 7.0% | -22.8% |
| 2007 | 7.8% | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 6.5% | -16.2% |
| 2009 | 8.7% | +33.1% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | -9.7% |
| 2011 | 5.9% | -25.2% |
| 2012 | 8.3% | +42.1% |
| 2013 | 7.7% | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 9.8% | +28.1% |
| 2015 | 9.4% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 8.5% | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 6.3% | -25.1% |
| 2018 | 7.2% | +13.1% |
| 2019 | 6.4% | -10.4% |
| 2020 | -8.4% | -229.9% |
| 2021 | 9.2% | -209.9% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | +12.6% |
| 2023 | 7.0% | -32.0% |
| 2024 | 7.9% | +12.1% |
| 2025 | 9.0% | +13.9% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 9.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.5%, 2.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- India's 9.0% is above the median for South Asia, which is 4.5%, 2.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Services, value added in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -229.9% | 6.4% | -8.4% |
| 2021 | +209.9% | -8.4% | 9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.5% | 2.9% | 5.5% | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.3% | 2.6% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.8% | 3.5% | 8.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.5% | 5.1% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.2% | 5.1% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.7% | 5.9% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.8% | -8.4% | 10.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
More economy & growth data for India
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- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 6.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 35.69 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 24.38 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 39.10 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 44.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0099 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 26.71 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 8.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in India?
- Services, value added in India was 9.0% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 12.5% in 1999.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was -8.4% in 2020.
- How does India rank for services, value added?
- India ranks 9th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.