Services, value added in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Services, value added was 56.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Upper middle income, 1965–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Upper middle income is 56.9%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Upper middle income peaked at 56.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 40.8%, in 1979.
That places Upper middle income 23rd out of 45 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 in Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 54.8% | — |
| 1966 | 52.7% | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 53.7% | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 54.3% | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 54.4% | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 52.7% | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 51.5% | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 51.2% | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 49.5% | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 48.6% | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 47.4% | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 45.7% | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 47.1% | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 48.1% | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 40.8% | -15.1% |
| 1980 | 42.4% | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 44.5% | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 42.4% | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 41.6% | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 42.6% | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 43.3% | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 43.2% | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 41.8% | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 43.4% | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 44.3% | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 45.3% | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 48.5% | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 50.9% | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 52.0% | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 49.8% | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 49.3% | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 49.6% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 50.1% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 51.1% | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 50.5% | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 50.1% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 51.0% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 50.3% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 50.2% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 49.3% | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 49.4% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 49.4% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 49.7% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 49.0% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 50.6% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 50.0% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 49.5% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 50.1% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 51.0% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 52.0% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 53.7% | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 54.6% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 54.7% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 54.7% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 55.6% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 55.7% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 54.3% | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 54.1% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 55.5% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 56.1% | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 56.9% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54.0% | 52.7% | 54.8% | 5 |
| 1970s | 48.3% | 40.8% | 52.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 42.9% | 41.6% | 44.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.7% | 45.3% | 52.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.9% | 49.0% | 51.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.6% | 49.5% | 55.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.4% | 54.1% | 56.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More economy & growth data for Upper middle income
- Final consumption expenditure 20.18 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Services, value added 4.7% (2025)
- Services, value added 17.72 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure 48.8% (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure 20.74 trillion current US$ (2024)
- Gross national expenditure 31.54 trillion current US$ (2024)
- Exports of goods and services 8.68 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Gross national expenditure 30.33 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita growth 4.1% (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure 3.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Upper middle income?
- Services, value added in Upper middle income was 56.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 56.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.8% in 1979.
- How does Upper middle income rank for services, value added?
- Upper middle income ranks 23rd out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper 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.