Services, value added in Germany
Germany: Services, value added was 64.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Germany, 1991–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Germany is 64.5%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Germany peaked at 64.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 56.5%, in 1991.
That places Germany 59th out of 204 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.9% | 56.5% | 61.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 63.1% | 61.7% | 64.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.4% | 61.8% | 63.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.8% | 63.5% | 64.5% | 6 |
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- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 8.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0951 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 5,753 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.0842 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 5,091 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.4245 (1998)
- Domestic currency per Special drawing rights (End-of-period (EoP)) 2.36 (1998)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Germany?
- Services, value added in Germany was 64.5% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 64.7% in 2009.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.5% in 1991.
- How does Germany rank for services, value added?
- Germany ranks 59th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.