How does Sri Lanka rank for services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp?

Sri Lanka ranks 78th out of 195 countries with data for 2025.

Is services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Sri Lanka?

Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP (unit GDP) in Sri Lanka

Name: Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP (unit GDP) in Sri Lanka
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Sri Lanka: Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP (unit GDP) was 0.5189 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.5189 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 5.4%

World rank

78th

of 195 countries

All-time high

2.38 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1964

All-time low

0.5189 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Years of data

1960–2025

Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Sri Lanka, 1960–2025

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

The most recent figure for services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp in Sri Lanka is 0.5189 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp in Sri Lanka peaked at 2.38 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.5189 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, in 2025.

That places Sri Lanka 78th out of 195 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.

Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP (unit GDP) in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Sri Lanka, 1960 to 2025.
Year	constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1960	1.94 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1961	1.87 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.3%
1962	1.98 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.7%
1963	2.3 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+16.1%
1964	2.38 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.6%
1965	2 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-15.8%
1966	2 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.1%
1967	1.91 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.7%
1968	2.09 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.5%
1969	2 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.5%
1970	1.74 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.0%
1971	1.72 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.2%
1972	1.69 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.6%
1973	1.58 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.5%
1974	1.34 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-15.0%
1975	1.35 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.4%
1976	1.44 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+7.1%
1977	1.33 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.9%
1978	2.12 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+59.9%
1979	1.84 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.3%
1980	1.66 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.9%
1981	1.62 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.5%
1982	1.61 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.3%
1983	1.58 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.7%
1984	1.45 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.7%
1985	1.51 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.2%
1986	1.47 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.7%
1987	1.44 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.7%
1988	1.41 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.1%
1989	1.45 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.0%
1990	1.33 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.8%
1991	1.26 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.3%
1992	1.23 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.8%
1993	1.23 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.1%
1994	1.15 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.0%
1995	1.09 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.0%
1996	1.08 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.8%
1997	1.06 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.7%
1998	1.07 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.5%
1999	1.11 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.4%
2000	1.12 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.0%
2001	1.18 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.7%
2002	1.19 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.9%
2003	1.12 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.8%
2004	1.09 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.5%
2005	0.9828 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.9%
2006	0.9142 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-7.0%
2007	0.8556 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.4%
2008	0.7183 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-16.1%
2009	0.718 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.0%
2010	0.5564 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-22.5%
2011	0.5335 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.1%
2012	0.5689 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+6.6%
2013	0.5438 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.4%
2014	0.531 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.4%
2015	0.5421 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.1%
2016	0.549 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.3%
2017	0.5307 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.3%
2018	0.5529 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.2%
2019	0.604 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.2%
2020	0.6251 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+3.5%
2021	0.6156 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.5%
2022	0.7161 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+16.3%
2023	0.6349 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.3%
2024	0.5488 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.6%
2025	0.5189 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.4%

Sri Lanka compared with similar countries

Sri Lanka's 0.5189 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5012 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, 1.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
Sri Lanka's 0.5189 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.4916 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP (unit GDP) in Sri Lanka 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
1978	+59.9%	1.33 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	2.12 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	2.05 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	1.87 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	2.38 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1970s	1.61 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	1.33 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	2.12 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	1.52 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	1.41 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	1.66 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	1.16 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	1.06 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	1.33 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.9885 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.718 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	1.19 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.5512 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.5307 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.604 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.6099 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.5189 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.7161 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	6

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

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77 Lesotho 0.5196 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
79 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5164 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp in Sri Lanka?: Services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp in Sri Lanka was 0.5189 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Sri Lanka?: The highest recorded value was 2.38 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 1964.
What is the lowest services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Sri Lanka?: The lowest recorded value was 0.5189 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025.
How does Sri Lanka rank for services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp?: Sri Lanka ranks 78th out of 195 countries with data for 2025.
Is services, value added (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Sri Lanka?: Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)

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Indicator: Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 238 places, 9,768 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 31 August 2026

Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.