Services, value added in Guyana
Guyana: Services, value added was 14.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Services, value added in Guyana, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Guyana stood at 14.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 66.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Guyana peaked at 46.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 2024.
That places Guyana 204th out of 205 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.8% | 35.0% | 38.5% | 10 |
| 1970s | 37.4% | 31.9% | 43.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 38.4% | 26.9% | 43.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.9% | 21.9% | 32.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.2% | 33.2% | 41.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.9% | 41.6% | 46.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.9% | 14.5% | 38.9% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Guyana
- DEC alternative conversion factor 208.5 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 217.32 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 1.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 170.46 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 817.56 million current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -1.02 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -4.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 5.54 million current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 28,470 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 4.63 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Guyana?
- Services, value added in Guyana was 14.8% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 46.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 2024.
- How does Guyana rank for services, value added?
- Guyana ranks 204th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana 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.