Trade in services in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Trade in services was 14.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Trade in services in Lower middle income, 1976–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, trade in services in Lower middle income stood at 14.1%. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, trade in services in Lower middle income peaked at 14.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 1976.
Lower middle income ranks 17th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Trade in services in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5.4% | — |
| 1977 | 7.2% | +34.1% |
| 1978 | 7.6% | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 7.6% | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 7.7% | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 6.3% | -17.6% |
| 1982 | 6.4% | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 6.0% | -7.1% |
| 1984 | 6.1% | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 5.9% | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 5.9% | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 6.0% | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 6.5% | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 7.0% | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 7.6% | +9.7% |
| 1991 | 8.4% | +10.6% |
| 1992 | 9.0% | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 9.5% | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 9.1% | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 8.1% | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 7.8% | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 7.6% | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 7.7% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 9.5% | +23.6% |
| 2000 | 9.2% | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 9.4% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 10.1% | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 10.9% | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 12.1% | +11.3% |
| 2005 | 12.8% | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 13.3% | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 13.3% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 13.6% | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 11.8% | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 11.7% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 11.8% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 11.6% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 11.4% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 11.2% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 10.7% | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 11.2% | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 12.1% | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 11.7% | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 9.8% | -15.9% |
| 2021 | 10.1% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 12.2% | +20.6% |
| 2023 | 12.9% | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 13.6% | +5.5% |
| 2025 | 14.1% | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.9% | 5.4% | 7.6% | 4 |
| 1980s | 6.4% | 5.9% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.4% | 7.6% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.6% | 9.2% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.5% | 10.7% | 12.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.1% | 9.8% | 14.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
- 14 Cayman Islands 87.1% compare
- 15 Tuvalu 84.5% compare
- 16 Suriname 84.2% compare
- 17 Equatorial Guinea 81.5% compare
- 18 Grenada 81.2% compare
- 19 Saint Lucia 78.2% compare
- 20 Antigua and Barbuda 78.1% compare
More economy & growth data for Lower middle income
- Services, value added 4.49 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 780.54 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 1.40 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 2.29 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 2.30 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 7.0% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 31.3% (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 9.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added 4.48 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 1,526 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is trade in services in Lower middle income?
- Trade in services in Lower middle income was 14.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest trade in services recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 14.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest trade in services recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 1976.
- How does Lower middle income rank for trade in services?
- Lower middle income ranks 17th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is trade in services rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Trade in services (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total trade in services includes services provided by residents to non-residents plus services provided by non-residents to residents. 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.