Services, value added in India
India: Services, value added was 49.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in India, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
India recorded 49.3% for services, value added in 2025.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in India peaked at 50.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 32.9%, in 1973.
That places India 150th 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 66 years of available data.
Services, value added in India, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 38.8% | — |
| 1961 | 38.3% | -1.2% |
| 1962 | 39.9% | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 38.1% | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 36.3% | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 37.5% | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 36.5% | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 34.6% | -5.1% |
| 1968 | 35.1% | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 34.3% | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 35.0% | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 35.8% | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 35.5% | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 32.9% | -7.2% |
| 1974 | 33.6% | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 35.1% | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 35.8% | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 34.7% | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 34.9% | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 35.5% | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 33.8% | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 33.9% | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 34.9% | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 34.5% | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 35.4% | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 36.1% | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 37.0% | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 37.5% | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 36.8% | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 37.2% | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 37.0% | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 37.8% | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 37.9% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 38.5% | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 37.5% | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 37.8% | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 37.7% | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 39.1% | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 40.1% | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 42.0% | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 42.7% | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 43.8% | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 44.7% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 44.7% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 44.1% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 44.4% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 44.0% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 44.0% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 45.9% | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 46.0% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 45.0% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 45.4% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 46.3% | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 46.7% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 47.8% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 47.8% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 47.7% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 47.7% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 48.4% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 50.1% | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 47.9% | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 47.8% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 47.2% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 47.6% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 48.0% | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 49.3% | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.9% | 34.3% | 39.9% | 10 |
| 1970s | 34.9% | 32.9% | 35.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 35.7% | 33.8% | 37.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 38.5% | 37.0% | 42.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 44.4% | 42.7% | 46.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.3% | 45.0% | 50.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.0% | 47.2% | 49.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
- 147 Belarus 50.0% compare
- 148 Albania 49.7% compare
- 149 Tonga 49.5% compare
- 151 Saudi Arabia 48.9% compare
- 152 Turkmenistan 48.9% compare
- 153 Madagascar 48.8% compare
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- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -5.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 4.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0922 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 249.25 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate 7.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 8.05 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 21,766 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0081 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in India?
- Services, value added in India was 49.3% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 50.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.9% in 1973.
- How does India rank for services, value added?
- India ranks 150th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.