Services, value added (% of GDP) in Australia
Australia: Services, value added (% of GDP) 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 45th of 206 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 (% of GDP) 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% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 67.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 66.2%, 1.0× the median. (77 countries reporting)
- Australia's 67.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 60.2%, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
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
- 42 Marshall Islands 68.2% compare
- 43 Seychelles 67.9% compare
- 44 Cape Verde 67.9% compare
- 46 Greece 67.4% compare
- 47 Sweden 67.0% compare
- 48 Portugal 66.6% compare
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- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 15.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0083 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 537.43 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 10.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 392.43 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0037 units 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 45th out of 206 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.