Services, value added in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Services, value added was 56.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Upper middle income, 1965–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Upper middle income is 56.9%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Upper middle income peaked at 56.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 40.8%, in 1979.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54.0% | 52.7% | 54.8% | 5 |
| 1970s | 48.3% | 40.8% | 52.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 42.9% | 41.6% | 44.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.7% | 45.3% | 52.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.9% | 49.0% | 51.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.6% | 49.5% | 55.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.4% | 54.1% | 56.9% | 6 |
More economy & growth data for Upper middle income
- Trade 48.9% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita 4,884 constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 4.5% (2024)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 14.99 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure 15.64 trillion current US$ (2024)
- Imports of goods and services 23.8% (2025)
- External balance on goods and services 2.1% (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure 15.9% (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure 5.09 trillion current US$ (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added 10.96 trillion current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Upper middle income?
- Services, value added in Upper middle income was 56.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 56.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.8% in 1979.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income 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.