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Services share of GDP — all countries

Services share of GDP — Lower-middle-income countries

Services share of GDP in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 50.3%. Since 1987, the indicator has risen by 7.7 pp.

2025 50.3% +0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 51%2019
Period minimum 41.2%1990

Trend over time

1987–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Lower-middle-income countries, 1987–20254042.54547.55052.5198719911995199920032007201120152019202320251987: 42.6%1988: 42%1989: 41.8%1990: 41.2%1991: 41.5%1992: 41.7%1993: 42.4%1994: 41.8%1995: 42.1%1996: 41.9%1997: 43%1998: 44.7%1999: 45.4%2000: 46.2%2001: 47.2%2002: 46.7%2003: 46.8%2004: 46.8%2005: 47%2006: 47.3%2007: 47.5%2008: 48.1%2009: 49%2010: 48.1%2011: 47.5%2012: 48.6%2013: 49%2014: 49.8%2015: 51%2016: 51%2017: 50.2%2018: 50%2019: 51%2020: 50.1%2021: 49.4%2022: 49%2023: 49.4%2024: 49.6%2025: 50.3%
Change over the period: +7.7 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 50.3%
World computed 59.9%
Services share of GDP — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 50.3 +0.7 pp
2024 49.6 +0.2 pp
2023 49.4 +0.4 pp
2022 49 −0.4 pp
2021 49.4 −0.6 pp
2020 50.1 −0.9 pp
2019 51 +1 pp
2018 50 −0.2 pp
2017 50.2 −0.7 pp
2016 51 −0 pp
2015 51 +1.2 pp
2014 49.8 +0.8 pp
2013 49 +0.3 pp
2012 48.6 +1.1 pp
2011 47.5 −0.5 pp
2010 48.1 −1 pp
2009 49 +1 pp
2008 48.1 +0.6 pp
2007 47.5 +0.1 pp
2006 47.3 +0.3 pp
2005 47 +0.2 pp
2004 46.8 −0.1 pp
2003 46.8 +0.1 pp
2002 46.7 −0.5 pp
2001 47.2 +1 pp
2000 46.2 +0.8 pp
1999 45.4 +0.7 pp
1998 44.7 +1.7 pp
1997 43 +1.1 pp
1996 41.9 −0.2 pp
1995 42.1 +0.3 pp
1994 41.8 −0.6 pp
1993 42.4 +0.7 pp
1992 41.7 +0.1 pp
1991 41.5 +0.3 pp
1990 41.2 −0.6 pp
1989 41.8 −0.2 pp
1988 42 −0.6 pp
1987 42.6 —

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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