Services, value added in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Services, value added was 4.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Services, value added in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1981–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan recorded 4.0% for services, value added in 2025.
That represents a change of down 6.6% on the previous year and up 57.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 10.2% in 2004 and was at its lowest, -3.7%, in 2020.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 24th out of 43 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Services, value added in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 3.5% | — |
| 1982 | 3.1% | -9.2% |
| 1983 | 3.6% | +13.6% |
| 1984 | 0.7% | -79.8% |
| 1985 | 1.3% | +80.5% |
| 1986 | -2.5% | -293.6% |
| 1987 | -1.2% | -52.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7% | -159.7% |
| 1989 | 3.7% | +426.9% |
| 1990 | 3.5% | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 1.2% | -66.2% |
| 1992 | 6.8% | +477.8% |
| 1993 | 4.8% | -29.7% |
| 1994 | 3.0% | -38.1% |
| 1995 | 2.1% | -30.4% |
| 1996 | 5.5% | +168.4% |
| 1997 | 4.0% | -27.7% |
| 1998 | 4.7% | +18.8% |
| 1999 | 3.9% | -18.0% |
| 2000 | 3.5% | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 5.9% | +68.5% |
| 2002 | 4.9% | -17.7% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | -27.8% |
| 2004 | 10.2% | +192.0% |
| 2005 | 6.1% | -40.0% |
| 2006 | 7.4% | +20.9% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | +35.5% |
| 2008 | 5.3% | -47.6% |
| 2009 | 3.6% | -31.8% |
| 2010 | 5.4% | +50.7% |
| 2011 | 4.9% | -9.9% |
| 2012 | 5.2% | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | -12.3% |
| 2015 | 2.6% | -38.8% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | +26.2% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -11.5% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | -11.9% |
| 2019 | 2.7% | +5.7% |
| 2020 | -3.7% | -238.1% |
| 2021 | 5.4% | -248.4% |
| 2022 | 5.7% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 4.5% | -20.0% |
| 2024 | 4.3% | -4.4% |
| 2025 | 4.0% | -6.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Services, value added in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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 | +477.8% | 1.2% | 6.8% |
| 1989 | +426.9% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| 1986 | -293.6% | 1.3% | -2.5% |
| 2021 | +248.4% | -3.7% | 5.4% |
| 2020 | -238.1% | 2.7% | -3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.4% | -2.5% | 3.7% | 9 |
| 1990s | 3.9% | 1.2% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.1% | 3.5% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 2.5% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | -3.7% | 5.7% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 100.54 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 4.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 1,005 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.162 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.4665 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 1,080 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1741 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0097 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 59.93 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- Services, value added in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 4.0% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2% in 2004.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was -3.7% in 2020.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for services, value added?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 24th out of 43 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.