Services, value added in Least developed countries: UN classification
Least developed countries: UN classification: Services, value added was 4.6% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Services, value added in Least developed countries: UN classification, 1991–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
Least developed countries: UN classification recorded 4.6% for services, value added in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.1% on the previous year and up 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Least developed countries: UN classification peaked at 8.0% in 2007 and was at its lowest, -0.9%, in 2020.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.2% | 0.2% | 6.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 5.7% | 2.6% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.8% | 3.5% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.0% | -0.9% | 5.0% | 6 |
More economy & growth data for Least developed countries: UN classification
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure 71.8% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita 843.26 constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita growth 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 260.34 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 1.16 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Gross national expenditure 1.78 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 4.8% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 4.7% (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 1.35 trillion current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Least developed countries: UN classification?
- Services, value added in Least developed countries: UN classification was 4.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Least developed countries: UN classification?
- The highest recorded value was 8.0% in 2007.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Least developed countries: UN classification?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.9% in 2020.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Least developed countries: UN classification?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Least developed countries: UN classification data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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 defence, 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 denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.