Services, value added in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Services, value added was 36.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Ethiopia, 1981–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Ethiopia is 36.6%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Ethiopia peaked at 42.8% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 26.2%, in 1992.
That places Ethiopia 194th out of 205 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.9% | 30.0% | 34.9% | 9 |
| 1990s | 31.0% | 26.2% | 35.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.4% | 37.4% | 42.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.8% | 36.4% | 41.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.8% | 36.5% | 37.5% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Ethiopia
- DEC alternative conversion factor 119.46 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 1.06 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 8.86 billion current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 575.80 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 4.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -25.74 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -215.51 million current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 111,231 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 1,110 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 15.07 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Ethiopia?
- Services, value added in Ethiopia was 36.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 42.8% in 2003.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.2% in 1992.
- How does Ethiopia rank for services, value added?
- Ethiopia ranks 194th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). 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 is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.