Services, value added in Iran
Iran: Services, value added was 47.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Iran, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Iran recorded 47.1% for services, value added in 2025.
The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Iran peaked at 58.0% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 32.6%, in 1974.
Iran ranks 162nd of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43.5% | 42.5% | 44.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 40.7% | 32.6% | 48.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.5% | 46.5% | 58.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.8% | 48.2% | 57.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.3% | 47.6% | 52.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.0% | 47.6% | 55.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.7% | 45.3% | 49.8% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Iran
- DEC alternative conversion factor 742,604 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 24.25 trillion current LCU (2015)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 819.70 million current US$ (2015)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 7,193.77 trillion current LCU (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 15.88 billion current US$ (2024)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -588.87 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -792.98 million current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 2.91 billion current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 4,650 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 268,740.00 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Iran?
- Services, value added in Iran was 47.1% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 58.0% in 1988.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.6% in 1974.
- How does Iran rank for services, value added?
- Iran ranks 162nd out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran 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.