Services, value added (% of GDP) in Middle income
Middle income: Services, value added (% of GDP) was 57.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Middle income, 1965–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Middle income recorded 57.9% for services, value added in 2025. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Middle income peaked at 57.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 43.2%, in 1987.
That places Middle income 20th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 Middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 57.2% | — |
| 1966 | 54.8% | -4.2% |
| 1967 | 55.5% | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 56.0% | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 55.8% | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 54.7% | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 54.7% | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 53.8% | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 51.4% | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 50.2% | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 49.9% | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 48.7% | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 50.0% | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 51.2% | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 44.8% | -12.5% |
| 1980 | 45.7% | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 45.5% | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 44.5% | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 43.5% | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 43.2% | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 43.5% | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 44.2% | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 43.2% | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 44.2% | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 44.9% | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 45.8% | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 48.2% | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 50.2% | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 51.5% | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 49.6% | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 49.0% | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 49.3% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 49.8% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 50.8% | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 50.5% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 50.4% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 51.3% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 50.9% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 50.9% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 50.1% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 50.1% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 50.0% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 50.3% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 49.7% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 51.2% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 50.5% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 50.5% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 51.1% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 52.2% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 53.3% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 55.1% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 55.9% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 55.9% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 55.9% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 56.9% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 56.8% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 55.6% | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 55.3% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 56.5% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 57.0% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 57.9% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55.9% | 54.8% | 57.2% | 5 |
| 1970s | 50.9% | 44.8% | 54.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.2% | 43.2% | 45.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.5% | 45.8% | 51.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.5% | 49.7% | 51.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.7% | 50.5% | 56.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.5% | 55.3% | 57.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
- 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
- 22 United Kingdom 73.1% compare
- 23 Palau 73.1% compare
More economy & growth data for Middle income
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP 1 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 32.4% (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -15.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI (current US$), per capita 6,694 current US$ per person (2025)
- GNI (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0092 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI (current US$), annual growth rate 5.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per capita 6,807 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate 0.7754 % change on previous year (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 2.34 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Middle income?
- Services, value added in Middle income was 57.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 57.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.2% in 1987.
- How does Middle income rank for services, value added?
- Middle income ranks 20th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.