Services, value added in Paraguay

Paraguay: Services, value added was 48.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
48.1%
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
158th
of 205 countries
All-time high
49.6%
in 2019
All-time low
37.4%
in 1973
Years of data
64
1962–2025

Services, value added in Paraguay, 1962–2025

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Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.

Analysis

Paraguay recorded 48.1% for services, value added in 2025.

That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, services, value added in Paraguay peaked at 49.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 37.4%, in 1973.

That places Paraguay 158th out of 205 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 39.6% 38.0% 41.0% 8
1970s 39.2% 37.4% 40.7% 10
1980s 42.4% 39.9% 44.6% 10
1990s 43.1% 41.4% 44.7% 10
2000s 43.1% 40.8% 46.4% 10
2010s 47.5% 44.9% 49.6% 10
2020s 47.9% 47.0% 48.4% 6

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 155 Comoros 48.8% compare
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  3. 157 Zimbabwe 48.2% compare
  4. 159 Democratic Republic of Congo 48.0% compare
  5. 160 Egypt 47.3% compare
  6. 161 Oman 47.2% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is services, value added in Paraguay?
Services, value added in Paraguay was 48.1% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
What is the highest services, value added recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 49.6% in 2019.
What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 37.4% in 1973.
How does Paraguay rank for services, value added?
Paraguay ranks 158th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
Is services, value added rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Paraguay 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

Indicator
Services, value added (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
252 places, 10,765 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.