Services, value added in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Services, value added was 54.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Sri Lanka, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Sri Lanka is 54.6%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 5.0% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Sri Lanka peaked at 60.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 40.1%, in 1977.
Sri Lanka ranks 125th of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Services, value added in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 47.2% | — |
| 1961 | 46.5% | -1.4% |
| 1962 | 47.8% | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 47.0% | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 48.6% | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 49.9% | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 51.0% | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 49.9% | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 46.9% | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 47.4% | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 47.1% | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 47.4% | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 48.7% | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 46.6% | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 41.1% | -11.7% |
| 1975 | 42.7% | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 43.3% | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 40.1% | -7.4% |
| 1978 | 41.7% | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 44.2% | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 42.3% | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 43.8% | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 46.9% | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 45.0% | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 44.6% | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 45.4% | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 45.6% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 44.9% | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 46.3% | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 46.9% | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 47.0% | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 47.0% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 48.0% | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 49.3% | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 49.6% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 50.2% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 50.9% | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 51.1% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 51.2% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 51.9% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 52.8% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 53.1% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 57.7% | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 58.3% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 58.8% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 58.0% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 58.0% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 58.4% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 57.2% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 57.6% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 53.0% | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 53.4% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 54.2% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 54.5% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 54.6% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 54.2% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 53.4% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 52.2% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 53.6% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 55.7% | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 57.8% | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 55.9% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 57.1% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 60.1% | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 57.5% | -4.3% |
| 2025 | 54.6% | -5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48.2% | 46.5% | 51.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 44.3% | 40.1% | 48.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 45.2% | 42.3% | 46.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.6% | 47.0% | 51.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.0% | 52.8% | 58.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.9% | 52.2% | 55.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.2% | 54.6% | 60.1% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Sri Lanka
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP -8.07 Percent per annum (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP -7.82 Percent per annum (2022)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), annual growth 5.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.8843 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per capita 4,424 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), annual growth 5.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), per unit of GDP 266.14 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), per capita 1.33 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), annual 4.43 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), per unit 0.8249 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Sri Lanka?
- Services, value added in Sri Lanka was 54.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 60.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.1% in 1977.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for services, value added?
- Sri Lanka ranks 125th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.