Services, value added in Jamaica
Jamaica: Services, value added was 59.8% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Services, value added in Jamaica, 1993–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Jamaica is 59.8%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Jamaica peaked at 68.1% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 57.2%, in 1993.
Jamaica ranks 87th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.2% | 57.2% | 63.4% | 7 |
| 2000s | 65.2% | 63.9% | 68.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.7% | 59.1% | 66.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.3% | 58.3% | 60.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More economy & growth data for Jamaica
- DEC alternative conversion factor 159.1 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 603.86 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 3.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 546.60 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 3.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -55.33 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -347.79 million current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 1.25 million current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 7,790 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 3.56 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Jamaica?
- Services, value added in Jamaica was 59.8% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 68.1% in 2009.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.2% in 1993.
- How does Jamaica rank for services, value added?
- Jamaica ranks 87th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.