Services, value added in Europe & Central Asia
Europe & Central Asia: Services, value added was 65.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Europe & Central Asia, 1991–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia recorded 65.5% for services, value added in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Europe & Central Asia peaked at 65.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 58.7%, in 1991.
That places Europe & Central Asia 11th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Services, value added in Europe & Central Asia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 58.7% | — |
| 1992 | 60.3% | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 61.2% | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 61.3% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 60.7% | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 61.1% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 61.3% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 61.7% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 62.1% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 62.1% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 62.7% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 63.3% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 63.6% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 63.4% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 63.2% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 62.8% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 62.8% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 62.9% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 65.1% | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 64.1% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 63.5% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 63.7% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 64.0% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 64.2% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 64.5% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 64.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 64.4% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 64.3% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 64.5% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 65.2% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 64.4% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 63.9% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 64.8% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 65.4% | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 65.5% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.9% | 58.7% | 62.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 63.2% | 62.1% | 65.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.2% | 63.5% | 64.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.9% | 63.9% | 65.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia
- 8 Cayman Islands 86.5% compare
- 9 Luxembourg 81.4% compare
- 10 Sao Tome and Principe 81.4% compare
- 11 Malta 81.3% compare
- 12 Andorra 77.8% compare
- 13 Bahamas 77.2% compare
- 14 Cyprus 76.8% compare
More economy & growth data for Europe & Central Asia
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.7319 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 2.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.4257 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 14,731 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 10.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7431 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per capita 25,713 current US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 1.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5768 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 19,960 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Europe & Central Asia?
- Services, value added in Europe & Central Asia was 65.5% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Europe & Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 65.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Europe & Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.7% in 1991.
- How does Europe & Central Asia rank for services, value added?
- Europe & Central Asia ranks 11th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia 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.