Services, value added in Australia
Australia: Services, value added was 67.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Australia, 1990–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Australia stood at 67.5%.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Australia peaked at 68.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 59.5%, in 1990.
Australia ranks 44th of 204 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Services, value added in Australia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 59.5% | — |
| 1991 | 61.3% | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 61.9% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 62.6% | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 62.6% | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 62.4% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 62.5% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 63.5% | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 63.6% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 64.4% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 64.4% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 64.2% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 64.0% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 64.3% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 64.3% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 64.4% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 63.8% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 64.4% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 64.5% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 64.1% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 65.7% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 64.6% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 65.2% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 66.2% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 65.6% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 67.2% | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 68.2% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 66.9% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 66.6% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 66.0% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 66.3% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 65.7% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 63.4% | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 63.6% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 66.1% | +3.9% |
| 2025 | 67.5% | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 62.4% | 59.5% | 64.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 64.3% | 63.8% | 64.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.2% | 64.6% | 68.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.4% | 63.4% | 67.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 41 Marshall Islands 68.2% compare
- 42 Seychelles 67.9% compare
- 43 Cape Verde 67.9% compare
- 45 Greece 67.4% compare
- 46 Sweden 67.0% compare
- 47 Portugal 66.6% compare
More economy & growth data for Australia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.36 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.26 Percent per annum (2029)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), annual growth rate 3.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9845 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per capita 64,119 current US$ per person (2025)
- GNI (current US$), annual growth rate 3.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9722 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI (current US$), per capita 63,317 current US$ per person (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.5 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Australia?
- Services, value added in Australia was 67.5% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 68.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.5% in 1990.
- How does Australia rank for services, value added?
- Australia ranks 44th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). 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 is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.