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Services share of GDP — all countries

Services share of GDP — Laos

Services share of GDP in Laos in 2025 — 43.6%. Ranked 134 in the world out of 158. Since 1989, the indicator has fallen by 0.8 pp.

2025 43.6% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 134of 158
Period maximum 55.7%1997
Period minimum 38.1%2006

Trend over time

1989–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Laos, 1989–202535404550556019891993199720012005200920132017202120251989: 44.4%1990: 40.2%1991: 42.5%1992: 42.9%1993: 41.1%1994: 39.1%1995: 40.9%1996: 40.7%1997: 55.7%1998: 43.6%1999: 40.5%2000: 42.2%2001: 41.8%2002: 42.1%2003: 41.9%2004: 44.1%2005: 43.4%2006: 38.1%2007: 41.7%2008: 44.1%2009: 45.7%2010: 43.6%2011: 41.8%2012: 40.2%2013: 42.5%2014: 44.2%2015: 44.2%2016: 42.5%2017: 41.5%2018: 41.6%2019: 41.5%2020: 41%2021: 38.8%2022: 40.3%2023: 44%2024: 43.5%2025: 43.6%
Change over the period: −0.8 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Laos 43.6%
World computed 59.9%
East Asia & Pacific 59.8%
South-Eastern Asia computed 53.2%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 50.3%
Services share of GDP — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 43.6 +0 pp
2024 43.5 −0.5 pp
2023 44 +3.7 pp
2022 40.3 +1.4 pp
2021 38.8 −2.2 pp
2020 41 −0.5 pp
2019 41.5 −0.1 pp
2018 41.6 +0.1 pp
2017 41.5 −0.9 pp
2016 42.5 −1.7 pp
2015 44.2 +0 pp
2014 44.2 +1.7 pp
2013 42.5 +2.3 pp
2012 40.2 −1.6 pp
2011 41.8 −1.8 pp
2010 43.6 −2.1 pp
2009 45.7 +1.6 pp
2008 44.1 +2.4 pp
2007 41.7 +3.5 pp
2006 38.1 −5.2 pp
2005 43.4 −0.7 pp
2004 44.1 +2.1 pp
2003 41.9 −0.1 pp
2002 42.1 +0.2 pp
2001 41.8 −0.4 pp
2000 42.2 +1.7 pp
1999 40.5 −3 pp
1998 43.6 −12.1 pp
1997 55.7 +15 pp
1996 40.7 −0.1 pp
1995 40.9 +1.8 pp
1994 39.1 −2 pp
1993 41.1 −1.8 pp
1992 42.9 +0.4 pp
1991 42.5 +2.3 pp
1990 40.2 −4.1 pp
1989 44.4 —

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

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

SG Singapore 71.6 PH Philippines 64.4 TH Thailand 60.2 MY Malaysia 54.8 ID Indonesia 43.9 LA Laos 43.6 VN Vietnam 42.7 BN Brunei Darussalam 40.2 MM Myanmar 38.5 KH Cambodia 35
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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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