Services, value added (% of GDP) in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries): Services, value added (% of GDP) was 56.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 56.5% for services, value added in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 60.8% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 32.1%, in 1981.
That places East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 27th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Services, value added (% of GDP) in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 60.8% | — |
| 1961 | 59.8% | -1.6% |
| 1962 | 54.0% | -9.7% |
| 1963 | 49.6% | -8.3% |
| 1964 | 49.5% | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 50.7% | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 46.7% | -7.9% |
| 1967 | 48.5% | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 48.9% | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 48.5% | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 44.7% | -8.0% |
| 1971 | 44.1% | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 44.4% | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 42.1% | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 39.7% | -5.7% |
| 1975 | 37.8% | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 36.0% | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 37.7% | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 35.5% | -5.9% |
| 1979 | 34.0% | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 32.4% | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 32.1% | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 32.2% | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 33.5% | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 35.1% | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 39.8% | +13.5% |
| 1986 | 39.0% | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 38.0% | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 38.0% | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 39.2% | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 38.7% | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 39.9% | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 41.0% | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 40.9% | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 40.3% | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 39.4% | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 39.1% | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 39.6% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 40.1% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 41.3% | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 41.6% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 43.3% | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 44.1% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 43.8% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 43.1% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 43.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 43.4% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 44.1% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 43.8% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 45.2% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 45.1% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 45.1% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 46.2% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 47.6% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 48.8% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 51.2% | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 52.5% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 52.7% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 53.3% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 54.3% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 54.6% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 53.9% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 53.8% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 55.2% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 55.7% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 56.5% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.7% | 46.7% | 60.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 39.6% | 34.0% | 44.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 35.9% | 32.1% | 39.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 40.0% | 38.7% | 41.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 43.5% | 41.6% | 45.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.7% | 45.1% | 54.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.0% | 53.8% | 56.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
- 24 Israel 72.8% compare
- 25 Turks and Caicos Islands 72.6% compare
- 26 Curacao 72.3% compare
- 27 Samoa 72.1% compare
- 28 Switzerland 71.7% compare
- 29 East Timor 71.6% compare
- 30 Singapore 71.6% compare
More economy & growth data for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate 2.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per capita 11,218 current US$ per person (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 10,238 current US$ per person (2024)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), annual growth rate 4.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per capita 4,323 current US$ per person (2024)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4114 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 10,183 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (current US$), per capita 10,966 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Services, value added in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) was 56.5% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 60.8% in 1960.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.1% in 1981.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for services, value added?
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 27th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.