Services, value added in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Services, value added was 5.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Low & middle income, 1979–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Low & middle income is 5.0%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.4% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Low & middle income peaked at 9.9% in 2007 and was at its lowest, -1.5%, in 2020.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.7% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 1 |
| 1980s | 4.4% | 2.9% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.7% | 2.9% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.8% | 4.9% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 5.2% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | -1.5% | 7.6% | 6 |
More economy & growth data for Low & middle income
- Inflation, consumer prices 3.5% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 20.06 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 20.90 trillion current US$ (2024)
- Gross capital formation 33.2% (2024)
- Imports of goods and services 10.10 trillion current US$ (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure 15.3% (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure 6.03 trillion current US$ (2024)
- Imports of goods and services 24.3% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 20.1% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 8.32 trillion current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Low & middle income?
- Services, value added in Low & middle income was 5.0% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 9.9% in 2007.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.5% in 2020.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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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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 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.