Services, value added in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Services, value added was 1.6% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Services, value added in United Kingdom, 1991–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 1.6% for services, value added in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in United Kingdom peaked at 9.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -10.9%, in 2020.
That places United Kingdom 154th out of 196 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Services, value added in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.7% | — |
| 1992 | 2.5% | +277.7% |
| 1993 | 4.7% | +89.2% |
| 1994 | 5.3% | +11.5% |
| 1995 | 3.9% | -26.0% |
| 1996 | 3.3% | -15.8% |
| 1997 | 4.5% | +38.6% |
| 1998 | 2.9% | -36.4% |
| 1999 | 2.5% | -11.9% |
| 2000 | 5.3% | +107.5% |
| 2001 | 2.4% | -55.0% |
| 2002 | 1.5% | -36.9% |
| 2003 | 3.6% | +143.3% |
| 2004 | 3.1% | -16.0% |
| 2005 | 4.0% | +29.9% |
| 2006 | 2.1% | -46.0% |
| 2007 | 4.1% | +92.9% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | -85.8% |
| 2009 | -3.3% | -654.0% |
| 2010 | 3.1% | -195.0% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | -54.3% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | +64.7% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | -39.3% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | +127.5% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | -53.2% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | +93.2% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | +14.8% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | -52.9% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | -14.6% |
| 2020 | -10.9% | -909.2% |
| 2021 | 9.8% | -189.8% |
| 2022 | 6.0% | -38.8% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -86.1% |
| 2024 | 1.6% | +90.3% |
| 2025 | 1.6% | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.4% | 0.7% | 5.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.3% | -3.3% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.3% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | -10.9% | 9.8% | 6 |
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- GNI (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.7548 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per capita 43,477 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current US$), annual 53.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual 54.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 8.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0977 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 5,629 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in United Kingdom?
- Services, value added in United Kingdom was 1.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 9.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was -10.9% in 2020.
- How does United Kingdom rank for services, value added?
- United Kingdom ranks 154th out of 196 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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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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.