Services, value added in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Services, value added was 73.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1990–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 73.1%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 73.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 65.0%, in 1995.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 21st of 204 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Services, value added in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 68.7% | — |
| 1991 | 68.9% | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 69.8% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 70.7% | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 70.7% | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 65.0% | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 65.2% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 65.8% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 66.2% | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 66.3% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 66.3% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 67.5% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 67.9% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 68.4% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 69.0% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 69.3% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 69.3% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 69.8% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 69.8% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 71.7% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 71.0% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 70.3% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 70.5% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 70.1% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 70.2% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 70.5% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 70.9% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 70.8% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 70.8% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 71.0% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 72.1% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 72.2% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 72.5% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 72.4% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 72.5% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 73.1% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.7% | 65.0% | 70.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.9% | 66.3% | 71.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 70.6% | 70.1% | 71.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.5% | 72.1% | 73.1% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Services, value added in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 73.1% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 73.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.0% in 1995.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for services, value added?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 21st out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.