China vs Germany: Services, value added
Services, value added over time
- China
- Germany
How they compare
China currently reports 10.75 trillion constant 2015 US$ against 2.43 trillion constant 2015 US$ in Germany, a difference of 8.33 trillion constant 2015 US$.
That makes China's figure about 4.4 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Germany ahead.
Globally, China ranks 1st and Germany ranks 4th of 195 countries.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defense, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.