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Value added in the services sector as percent of GDP, 2025:

The average for 2025 based on 8 countries was 51.87 percent. The highest value was in Uruguay: 65.17 percent and the lowest value was in Guyana: 14.85 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2025. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Share of services, 2025 Global rank Available data
Uruguay 65.17 1 -
Brazil 59.74 2 -
Colombia 58.51 3 -
Ecuador 56.97 4 -
Argentina 56.15 5 -
Chile 55.51 6 -
Paraguay 48.07 7 -
Guyana 14.85 8 -


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Definition: 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.

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