Services, value added in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: Services, value added was 48.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Pre-demographic dividend, 1981–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Pre-demographic dividend stood at 48.4%.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 52.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 33.4%, in 1990.
That places Pre-demographic dividend 40th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Services, value added in Pre-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 45.3% | — |
| 1982 | 46.2% | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 43.5% | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 43.1% | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 40.1% | -6.9% |
| 1986 | 45.8% | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 45.6% | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 44.3% | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 44.2% | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 33.4% | -24.4% |
| 1991 | 41.3% | +23.4% |
| 1992 | 39.9% | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 41.9% | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 44.2% | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 40.5% | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 38.5% | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 37.9% | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 42.9% | +13.1% |
| 1999 | 37.7% | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 37.0% | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 39.2% | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 36.7% | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 38.1% | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 40.0% | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 39.4% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 41.5% | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 41.2% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 40.8% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 45.6% | +11.7% |
| 2010 | 45.6% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 43.4% | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 44.2% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 46.1% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 47.7% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 52.1% | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 52.4% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 49.8% | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 48.0% | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 49.1% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 50.0% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 47.3% | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 45.3% | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 46.4% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 46.8% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 48.4% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 44.2% | 40.1% | 46.2% | 9 |
| 1990s | 39.8% | 33.4% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 40.0% | 36.7% | 45.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.8% | 43.4% | 52.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.4% | 45.3% | 50.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Pre-demographic dividend
- 37 Costa Rica 69.2% compare
- 38 Antigua and Barbuda 68.7% compare
- 39 Spain 68.4% compare
- 40 New Zealand 68.2% compare
- 41 Marshall Islands 68.2% compare
- 42 Seychelles 67.9% compare
- 43 Cape Verde 67.9% compare
More economy & growth data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Manufacturing, value added 134.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI (current US$), annual growth rate 9.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 321.06 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.9% (2025)
- GNI (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9718 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI (current US$), per capita 1,429 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 452.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 8.1% (2025)
- External balance on goods and services -1.5% (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added 147.84 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Services, value added in Pre-demographic dividend was 48.4% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 52.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.4% in 1990.
- How does Pre-demographic dividend rank for services, value added?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 40th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pre-demographic dividend 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.