Services, value added in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Services, value added was 6.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Lower middle income, 1966–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Lower middle income stood at 6.8%.
That represents a change of up 13.1% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Lower middle income peaked at 8.7% in 2004 and was at its lowest, -5.3%, in 2020.
Lower middle income ranks 3rd of 41 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 60 years of available data.
Services, value added in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 4.7% | — |
| 1967 | 3.0% | -35.5% |
| 1968 | 2.0% | -34.7% |
| 1969 | 4.2% | +112.0% |
| 1970 | 5.4% | +29.0% |
| 1971 | 2.1% | -60.2% |
| 1972 | 3.1% | +43.2% |
| 1973 | 4.5% | +48.7% |
| 1974 | 4.6% | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 7.5% | +63.9% |
| 1976 | 5.1% | -32.1% |
| 1977 | 6.0% | +18.8% |
| 1978 | 7.3% | +20.8% |
| 1979 | 2.8% | -60.9% |
| 1980 | 5.7% | +100.3% |
| 1981 | 5.6% | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 5.8% | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 4.8% | -17.1% |
| 1984 | 4.2% | -13.7% |
| 1985 | 5.8% | +39.8% |
| 1986 | 5.6% | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 4.6% | -17.8% |
| 1988 | 5.6% | +20.7% |
| 1989 | 5.0% | -9.2% |
| 1990 | 4.4% | -12.9% |
| 1991 | 4.2% | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 4.3% | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 4.2% | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 3.5% | -16.4% |
| 1995 | 5.6% | +58.6% |
| 1996 | 5.5% | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 6.1% | +11.0% |
| 1998 | 5.9% | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 7.1% | +18.6% |
| 2000 | 3.3% | -53.7% |
| 2001 | 7.5% | +130.3% |
| 2002 | 6.0% | -19.8% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | -9.8% |
| 2004 | 8.7% | +59.5% |
| 2005 | 7.9% | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 7.3% | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 8.0% | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 7.1% | -10.5% |
| 2009 | 7.3% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 7.3% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 5.1% | -30.6% |
| 2012 | 6.5% | +27.7% |
| 2013 | 6.5% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 7.4% | +13.2% |
| 2015 | 6.3% | -14.1% |
| 2016 | 5.4% | -15.6% |
| 2017 | 4.7% | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 5.5% | +18.2% |
| 2019 | 5.2% | -5.5% |
| 2020 | -5.3% | -201.7% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | -225.4% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | +16.9% |
| 2023 | 5.5% | -29.0% |
| 2024 | 6.0% | +8.2% |
| 2025 | 6.8% | +13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.4% | 2.0% | 4.7% | 4 |
| 1970s | 4.8% | 2.1% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.3% | 4.2% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.1% | 3.5% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.9% | 3.3% | 8.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 4.7% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6% | -5.3% | 7.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
- 1 Togo 32.3% compare
- 2 Turkmenistan 30.2% compare
- 3 Tajikistan 17.2% compare
- 4 Bhutan 12.4% compare
- 5 Kyrgyzstan 10.9% compare
- 6 Georgia 10.6% compare
More economy & growth data for Lower middle income
- Trade 46.6% (2025)
- Gross capital formation 6.2% (2025)
- Gross capital formation 31.1% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 1.92 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 1.75 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 8.1% (2025)
- Trade in services 14.1% (2025)
- External balance on goods and services -3.1% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 16.9% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 1.40 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Lower middle income?
- Services, value added in Lower middle income was 6.8% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 8.7% in 2004.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was -5.3% in 2020.
- How does Lower middle income rank for services, value added?
- Lower middle income ranks 3rd out of 41 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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.