Services, value added (% of GDP) in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Services, value added (% of GDP) was 61.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Services, value added in Lower middle income, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 61.3% for services, value added in 2025.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Lower middle income peaked at 69.0% in 1962 and was at its lowest, 46.6%, in 1985.
That places Lower middle income 14th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Services, value added (% of GDP) in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 67.9% | — |
| 1961 | 67.6% | -0.5% |
| 1962 | 69.0% | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 67.1% | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 67.6% | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 67.1% | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 62.5% | -6.8% |
| 1967 | 62.3% | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 62.9% | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 61.8% | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 61.9% | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 65.4% | +5.7% |
| 1972 | 63.4% | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 59.0% | -7.0% |
| 1974 | 56.6% | -4.1% |
| 1975 | 59.4% | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 60.1% | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 61.0% | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 62.7% | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 61.5% | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 59.5% | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 51.2% | -14.0% |
| 1982 | 52.6% | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 51.2% | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 47.0% | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 46.6% | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 49.6% | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 49.6% | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 48.7% | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 48.5% | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 48.4% | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 47.5% | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 47.6% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 48.9% | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 48.4% | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 47.6% | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 47.6% | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 48.4% | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 50.4% | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 50.7% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 51.7% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 52.7% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 53.9% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 54.6% | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 54.1% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 53.8% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 53.5% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 53.6% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 53.2% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 54.0% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 53.0% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 54.2% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 55.0% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 57.3% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 59.4% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 61.6% | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 61.8% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 61.0% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 61.2% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 62.7% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 61.7% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 61.0% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 60.1% | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 60.1% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 60.0% | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 61.3% | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65.6% | 61.8% | 69.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 61.1% | 56.6% | 65.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 50.4% | 46.6% | 59.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 48.5% | 47.5% | 50.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.5% | 51.7% | 54.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.7% | 53.0% | 62.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.7% | 60.0% | 61.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More economy & growth data for Lower middle income
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 39.97 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per capita 2,008 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), annual growth 7.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 6.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9633 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per capita 2,390 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per 2,326 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.8093 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 6.78 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Lower middle income?
- Services, value added in Lower middle income was 61.3% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 69.0% in 1962.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.6% in 1985.
- How does Lower middle income rank for services, value added?
- Lower middle income ranks 14th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower 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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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.