Services, value added (% of GDP) in IBRD only
IBRD only: Services, value added (% of GDP) was 58.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in IBRD only, 1965–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in IBRD only is 58.6%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in IBRD only peaked at 58.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 39.6%, in 1979.
IBRD only ranks 18th 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 (% of GDP) in IBRD only, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 51.2% | — |
| 1966 | 49.1% | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 49.4% | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 49.8% | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 49.7% | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 48.9% | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 48.5% | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 48.2% | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 46.0% | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 44.6% | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 44.2% | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 43.3% | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 44.3% | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 45.4% | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 39.6% | -12.7% |
| 1980 | 40.4% | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 42.2% | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 40.9% | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 40.5% | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 40.4% | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 40.9% | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 41.1% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 40.1% | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 41.2% | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 43.1% | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 44.4% | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 47.3% | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 51.0% | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 51.4% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 49.9% | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 50.0% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 50.2% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 50.7% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 51.6% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 51.1% | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 50.8% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 51.7% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 51.6% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 51.5% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 50.5% | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 50.4% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 50.3% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 50.6% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 50.2% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 51.7% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 51.0% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 51.0% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 51.8% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 53.0% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 53.8% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 55.4% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 56.2% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 56.2% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 56.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 57.2% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 57.3% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 56.0% | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 55.8% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 57.1% | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 57.7% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 58.6% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49.8% | 49.1% | 51.2% | 5 |
| 1970s | 45.3% | 39.6% | 48.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 41.1% | 40.1% | 43.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.8% | 44.4% | 51.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.9% | 50.2% | 51.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.2% | 51.0% | 57.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.1% | 55.8% | 58.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IBRD only
- 15 Aruba 76.3% compare
- 16 United States 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
More economy & growth data for IBRD only
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per capita 8,558 current US$ per person (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9952 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 8,072 current US$ per person (2024)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), annual growth rate 6.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per capita 2,768 current US$ per person (2024)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3381 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 3.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 7,631 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (current US$), per capita 8,599 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in IBRD only?
- Services, value added in IBRD only was 58.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in IBRD only?
- The highest recorded value was 58.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in IBRD only?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.6% in 1979.
- How does IBRD only rank for services, value added?
- IBRD only ranks 18th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in IBRD only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IBRD only 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.