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Services share of GDP — all countries

Services share of GDP — Bangladesh

Services share of GDP in Bangladesh in 2025 — 52.1%. Ranked 103 in the world out of 158. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.6 pp.

2025 52.1% +0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 103of 158
Period maximum 53.7%2015
Period minimum 26.4%1975

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Bangladesh, 1960–2025203040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 35.6%1962: 35%1964: 36.2%1966: 35.7%1968: 37.2%1970: 36.7%1972: 34.3%1974: 30%1976: 33.6%1978: 31.4%1980: 44.6%1982: 46.1%1984: 41.6%1986: 45.1%1988: 46.4%1990: 46.7%1992: 44.4%1994: 46.3%1996: 50.1%1998: 49.8%2000: 50.6%2002: 51.6%2004: 52.8%2006: 52.7%2008: 52.9%2010: 53.5%2012: 53.2%2014: 53.6%2016: 51.2%2018: 50.9%2020: 51.5%2022: 51%2024: 51.4%2025: 52.1%
Change over the period: +16.6 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bangladesh

Bangladesh 52.1%
World computed 59.9%
South Asia 49.8%
Southern Asia computed 49.7%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 50.3%
Services share of GDP — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.1 +0.7 pp
2024 51.4 +0.3 pp
2023 51.1 +0.1 pp
2022 51 −0.3 pp
2021 51.3 −0.2 pp
2020 51.5 +0.7 pp
2019 50.8 −0 pp
2018 50.9 −0.5 pp
2017 51.4 +0.2 pp
2016 51.2 −2.5 pp
2015 53.7 +0.1 pp
2014 53.6 +0.2 pp
2013 53.4 +0.2 pp
2012 53.2 +0.1 pp
2011 53 −0.5 pp
2010 53.5 +0.2 pp
2009 53.3 +0.4 pp
2008 52.9 +0 pp
2007 52.9 +0.1 pp
2006 52.7 −0.1 pp
2005 52.9 +0.1 pp
2004 52.8 +0.4 pp
2003 52.4 +0.8 pp
2002 51.6 +1 pp
2001 50.6 +0 pp
2000 50.6 +0.4 pp
1999 50.2 +0.4 pp
1998 49.8 −0.1 pp
1997 49.9 −0.2 pp
1996 50.1 +5 pp
1995 45.1 −1.2 pp
1994 46.3 +0.2 pp
1993 46 +1.7 pp
1992 44.4 +0 pp
1991 44.4 −2.3 pp
1990 46.7 −0.5 pp
1989 47.2 +0.8 pp
1988 46.4 +0.9 pp
1987 45.5 +0.4 pp
1986 45.1 +0.7 pp
1985 44.4 +2.8 pp
1984 41.6 −4.1 pp
1983 45.8 −0.4 pp
1982 46.1 +0.5 pp
1981 45.7 +1.1 pp
1980 44.6 +12.7 pp
1979 31.9 +0.4 pp
1978 31.4 −2.9 pp
1977 34.4 +0.7 pp
1976 33.6 +7.2 pp
1975 26.4 −3.6 pp
1974 30 −1.3 pp
1973 31.3 −3.1 pp
1972 34.3 −7 pp
1971 41.3 +4.6 pp
1970 36.7 +1.3 pp
1969 35.4 −1.8 pp
1968 37.2 +1.1 pp
1967 36 +0.3 pp
1966 35.7 −0.7 pp
1965 36.5 +0.2 pp
1964 36.2 +1.2 pp
1963 35 +0 pp
1962 35 −0.2 pp
1961 35.2 −0.3 pp
1960 35.6 —

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MV Maldives 69.9 LK Sri Lanka 54.6 NP Nepal 54.4 BT Bhutan 53.2 BD Bangladesh 52.1 PK Pakistan 50.9 IN India 49.3 IR Iran 47.1
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of value added by the service sector in GDP: wholesale and retail trade, transport, communications, finance, real estate, business and government services, education and health care. In most high-income countries it exceeds 70%; in small island states and tourism economies it reaches 80–90%.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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