Services share of GDP — all countries

Services share of GDP — Upper-middle-income countries

Services share of GDP in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 57.2%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 6.7 pp.

2025 57.2% +0.9 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 57.2%2025
Period minimum 48.9%2008

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Upper-middle-income countries, 1991–202547.55052.55557.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 50.6%1992: 52.8%1993: 53.6%1994: 50.9%1995: 49.9%1996: 50.2%1997: 50.4%1998: 51.4%1999: 50.8%2000: 50.5%2001: 51.3%2002: 50.6%2003: 50.4%2004: 49.5%2005: 49.6%2006: 49.3%2007: 49.7%2008: 48.9%2009: 50.5%2010: 50%2011: 49.6%2012: 50.1%2013: 51.1%2014: 52.1%2015: 53.8%2016: 54.7%2017: 54.9%2018: 54.9%2019: 55.8%2020: 56%2021: 54.5%2022: 54.2%2023: 55.7%2024: 56.3%2025: 57.2%
Change over the period: +6.7 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Upper-middle-income countries 57.2%
World computed 59.9%
Services share of GDP — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 57.2 +0.9 pp
2024 56.3 +0.6 pp
2023 55.7 +1.4 pp
2022 54.2 −0.2 pp
2021 54.5 −1.5 pp
2020 56 +0.2 pp
2019 55.8 +0.8 pp
2018 54.9 +0.1 pp
2017 54.9 +0.1 pp
2016 54.7 +1 pp
2015 53.8 +1.7 pp
2014 52.1 +1 pp
2013 51.1 +1 pp
2012 50.1 +0.5 pp
2011 49.6 −0.4 pp
2010 50 −0.5 pp
2009 50.5 +1.6 pp
2008 48.9 −0.8 pp
2007 49.7 +0.4 pp
2006 49.3 −0.3 pp
2005 49.6 +0.1 pp
2004 49.5 −0.9 pp
2003 50.4 −0.2 pp
2002 50.6 −0.8 pp
2001 51.3 +0.8 pp
2000 50.5 −0.3 pp
1999 50.8 −0.6 pp
1998 51.4 +1 pp
1997 50.4 +0.3 pp
1996 50.2 +0.3 pp
1995 49.9 −1 pp
1994 50.9 −2.7 pp
1993 53.6 +0.8 pp
1992 52.8 +2.2 pp
1991 50.6

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.