Services, value added in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Services, value added was 58.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Early-demographic dividend, 1965–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Early-demographic dividend recorded 58.2% for services, value added in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 58.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 43.5%, in 1974.
Early-demographic dividend ranks 19th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Services, value added in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 48.9% | — |
| 1966 | 49.0% | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 48.8% | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 48.7% | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 48.4% | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 48.6% | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 48.8% | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 48.4% | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 46.6% | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 43.5% | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 45.5% | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 45.3% | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 46.5% | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 48.0% | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 47.5% | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 48.6% | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 49.7% | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 49.9% | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 51.4% | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 51.3% | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 52.2% | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 52.4% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 50.2% | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 51.1% | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 50.8% | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 51.4% | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 53.4% | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 54.5% | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 55.0% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 54.8% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 53.1% | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 52.9% | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 53.6% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 55.2% | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 55.5% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 55.1% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 56.6% | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 56.1% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 56.2% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 55.1% | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 54.3% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 53.5% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 53.4% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 52.6% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 54.2% | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 53.3% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 53.3% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 53.7% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 55.0% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 55.8% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 58.1% | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 58.2% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 57.8% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 57.4% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 58.4% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 58.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 56.6% | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 55.2% | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 56.4% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 57.4% | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 58.2% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48.8% | 48.4% | 49.0% | 5 |
| 1970s | 46.9% | 43.5% | 48.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 50.8% | 48.6% | 52.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.0% | 51.4% | 55.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 54.7% | 52.6% | 56.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.1% | 53.3% | 58.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.0% | 55.2% | 58.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
- 16 United States of America 76.3% compare
- 17 French Polynesia 75.9% compare
- 18 Barbados 75.8% compare
- 19 Djibouti 75.7% compare
- 20 Saint Lucia 73.8% compare
- 21 Cuba 73.4% compare
- 22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 73.1% compare
More economy & growth data for Early-demographic dividend
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per 3,818 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 6.0% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 27.6% (2025)
- External balance on goods and services -1.9% (2025)
- Trade 52.5% (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per unit 0.8361 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.46 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.4% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 31.7% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 4.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Early-demographic dividend?
- Services, value added in Early-demographic dividend was 58.2% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 58.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.5% in 1974.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for services, value added?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 19th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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.