Services, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Services, value added was 43.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1983–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) recorded 43.0% for services, value added in 2025.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 46.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 28.7%, in 1985.
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 46th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Services, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 29.6% | — |
| 1984 | 30.9% | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 28.7% | -7.2% |
| 1986 | 36.7% | +28.2% |
| 1987 | 39.5% | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 38.8% | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 39.4% | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 40.8% | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 41.2% | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 40.0% | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 39.9% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 41.5% | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 41.3% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 38.7% | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 37.9% | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 40.0% | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 40.5% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 42.2% | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 41.7% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 41.2% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 40.9% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 40.5% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 39.5% | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 40.4% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 39.3% | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 40.0% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 42.8% | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 45.0% | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 44.4% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 44.1% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 43.7% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 44.1% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 46.0% | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 46.2% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 45.8% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 45.9% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 46.1% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 45.6% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 44.4% | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 43.4% | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 43.2% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 43.8% | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 43.0% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 34.8% | 28.7% | 39.5% | 7 |
| 1990s | 40.2% | 37.9% | 41.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 40.8% | 39.3% | 42.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.1% | 43.7% | 46.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.9% | 43.0% | 45.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- 43 Seychelles 67.9% compare
- 44 Cape Verde 67.9% compare
- 45 Australia 67.5% compare
- 46 Greece 67.4% compare
- 47 Sweden 67.0% compare
- 48 Portugal 66.6% compare
- 49 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 66.4% compare
More economy & growth data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per 969.75 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 7.6% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 30.1% (2025)
- External balance on goods and services -5.9% (2025)
- Trade 50.2% (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per unit 0.7281 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 211.88 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.2% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 28.4% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 7.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Services, value added in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 43.0% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 46.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.7% in 1985.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for services, value added?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 46th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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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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.