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Services share of GDP — all countries

Services share of GDP — Nepal

Services share of GDP in Nepal in 2025 — 54.4%. Ranked 93 in the world out of 158. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 44.2 pp.

2025 54.4% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 93of 158
Period maximum 98.6%1961
Period minimum 19.3%1975

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Nepal, 1960–2025025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 98.6%1962: 98.6%1964: 98.6%1966: 19.7%1968: 21%1970: 21%1972: 20.8%1974: 19.9%1976: 20.8%1978: 23.4%1980: 24.7%1982: 24.5%1984: 24.8%1986: 30.9%1988: 30.9%1990: 30.4%1992: 33%1994: 33.1%1996: 33.4%1998: 35.2%2000: 34.7%2002: 43.6%2004: 45.2%2006: 47.9%2008: 49.2%2010: 46.4%2012: 48%2014: 49.6%2016: 51.6%2018: 51.6%2020: 53.9%2022: 52.4%2024: 54.9%2025: 54.4%
Change over the period: −44.2 pp Annual average: -0.68 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Nepal 54.4%
World computed 59.9%
South Asia 49.8%
Southern Asia computed 49.7%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 50.3%
Services share of GDP — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 54.4 −0.5 pp
2024 54.9 −0.5 pp
2023 55.4 +2.9 pp
2022 52.4 +0.9 pp
2021 51.5 −2.4 pp
2020 53.9 +1.9 pp
2019 52 +0.4 pp
2018 51.6 −0.3 pp
2017 51.8 +0.3 pp
2016 51.6 +1.1 pp
2015 50.5 +1 pp
2014 49.6 +0.8 pp
2013 48.8 +0.8 pp
2012 48 +0.1 pp
2011 47.9 +1.5 pp
2010 46.4 −2.2 pp
2009 48.6 −0.6 pp
2008 49.2 +0.4 pp
2007 48.8 +0.8 pp
2006 47.9 +2.1 pp
2005 45.8 +0.7 pp
2004 45.2 +1 pp
2003 44.1 +0.6 pp
2002 43.6 −0.9 pp
2001 44.5 +9.7 pp
2000 34.7 +0.1 pp
1999 34.6 −0.7 pp
1998 35.2 +1.8 pp
1997 33.4 +0 pp
1996 33.4 +0.2 pp
1995 33.2 +0.1 pp
1994 33.1 −2 pp
1993 35.1 +2 pp
1992 33 −0.5 pp
1991 33.6 +3.2 pp
1990 30.4 −1 pp
1989 31.3 +0.4 pp
1988 30.9 −0.7 pp
1987 31.6 +0.7 pp
1986 30.9 −0.4 pp
1985 31.4 +6.5 pp
1984 24.8 −0.4 pp
1983 25.2 +0.7 pp
1982 24.5 −0.4 pp
1981 24.9 +0.3 pp
1980 24.7 +2.5 pp
1979 22.2 −1.2 pp
1978 23.4 −0 pp
1977 23.4 +2.6 pp
1976 20.8 +1.5 pp
1975 19.3 −0.6 pp
1974 19.9 −3.1 pp
1973 23 +2.3 pp
1972 20.8 −1.4 pp
1971 22.2 +1.2 pp
1970 21 −0.2 pp
1969 21.2 +0.2 pp
1968 21 −1.5 pp
1967 22.5 +2.8 pp
1966 19.7 −3.5 pp
1965 23.2 −75.4 pp
1964 98.6 −0 pp
1963 98.6 +0 pp
1962 98.6 −0 pp
1961 98.6 +0 pp
1960 98.6 —

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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