Services, value added in Low income
Low income: Services, value added was 40.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Low income, 1990–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Low income recorded 40.5% for services, value added in 2025.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Low income peaked at 43.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 34.0%, in 2007.
Low income ranks 45th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Services, value added in Low income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 37.6% | — |
| 1991 | 39.3% | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 37.4% | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 38.1% | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 42.0% | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 41.2% | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 38.7% | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 37.6% | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 37.9% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 38.3% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 39.5% | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 38.5% | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 38.2% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 38.4% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 37.6% | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 36.3% | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 35.8% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 34.0% | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 35.8% | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 39.4% | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 43.0% | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 42.4% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 42.5% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 43.6% | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 43.1% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 43.9% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 43.3% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 42.2% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 42.3% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 42.6% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 41.9% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 40.6% | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 40.7% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 40.4% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 42.3% | +4.6% |
| 2025 | 40.5% | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.8% | 37.4% | 42.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.3% | 34.0% | 39.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.9% | 42.2% | 43.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.1% | 40.4% | 42.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low income
- 42 Seychelles 67.9% compare
- 43 Cape Verde 67.9% compare
- 44 Australia 67.5% compare
- 45 Greece 67.4% compare
- 46 Sweden 67.0% compare
- 47 Portugal 66.6% compare
- 48 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 66.4% compare
More economy & growth data for Low income
- Gross fixed capital formation 19.9% (2025)
- Exports of goods and services 130.27 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Exports of goods and services 13.9% (2025)
- Exports of goods and services 23.6% (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation 127.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation 157.37 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation 0.9% (2025)
- Gross capital formation 5.3% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services 217.97 billion current US$ (2025)
- Gross capital formation 20.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Low income?
- Services, value added in Low income was 40.5% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 43.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.0% in 2007.
- How does Low income rank for services, value added?
- Low income ranks 45th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low 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.