Services, value added in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Services, value added was 57.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Low & middle income, 1965–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Low & middle income is 57.6%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Low & middle income peaked at 57.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 43.0%, in 1987.
Low & middle income ranks 23rd 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 in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 55.9% | — |
| 1966 | 53.5% | -4.2% |
| 1967 | 54.3% | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 54.8% | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 54.4% | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 53.4% | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 53.4% | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 52.6% | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 50.3% | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 49.2% | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 49.0% | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 47.9% | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 49.0% | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 50.2% | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 44.1% | -12.0% |
| 1980 | 45.2% | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 45.1% | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 44.1% | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 43.2% | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 43.1% | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 43.4% | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 44.0% | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 43.0% | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 43.9% | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 44.6% | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 45.5% | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 47.8% | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 49.9% | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 51.1% | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 49.5% | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 48.9% | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 49.1% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 49.6% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 50.6% | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 50.3% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 50.2% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 51.0% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 50.6% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 50.6% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 49.8% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 49.8% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 49.7% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 50.0% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 49.5% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 50.9% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 50.4% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 50.3% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 51.0% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 52.1% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 53.2% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 54.9% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 55.7% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 55.7% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 55.8% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 56.7% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 56.6% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 55.4% | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 55.0% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 56.3% | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 56.8% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 57.6% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54.6% | 53.5% | 55.9% | 5 |
| 1970s | 49.9% | 44.1% | 53.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.0% | 43.0% | 45.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.2% | 45.5% | 51.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.2% | 49.5% | 51.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.6% | 50.3% | 56.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.3% | 55.0% | 57.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
- 20 Saint Lucia 73.8% compare
- 21 Cuba 73.4% compare
- 22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 73.1% compare
- 23 Palau 73.1% compare
- 24 Israel 72.8% compare
- 25 Turks and Caicos Islands 72.6% compare
- 26 Curaçao 72.3% compare
More economy & growth data for Low & middle income
- GDP per capita 6,107 current US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 32.3% (2025)
- Trade in services 8.2% (2025)
- Services, value added 22.45 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator 4.3% (2025)
- GDP 41.48 trillion current US$ (2025)
- GDP 38.93 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- GDP growth 4.5% (2025)
- GNI 40.95 trillion current US$ (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method 41.63 trillion current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Low & middle income?
- Services, value added in Low & middle income was 57.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 57.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.0% in 1987.
- How does Low & middle income rank for services, value added?
- Low & middle income ranks 23rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.