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Value added in the services sector as percent of GDP, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 38 countries was 53.03 percent. The highest value was in Hong Kong: 91.46 percent and the lowest value was in Cambodia: 36.15 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. 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, 2023 Global rank Available data
Hong Kong 91.46 1 2000 - 2023
Macao 91.39 2 1991 - 2023
Singapore 72.45 3 1960 - 2023
Maldives 70.62 4 2003 - 2023
Philippines 62.42 5 1960 - 2023
Georgia 62.06 6 1980 - 2023
Jordan 60.7 7 1965 - 2023
Sri Lanka 59.93 8 1960 - 2023
Armenia 59.43 9 2012 - 2023
Thailand 58.54 10 1993 - 2023
South Korea 58.42 11 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan 56.35 12 1992 - 2023
Nepal 55.36 13 1960 - 2023
China 54.6 14 1960 - 2023
Malaysia 53.42 15 1987 - 2023
Bahrain 51.85 16 2006 - 2023
UA Emirates 51.58 17 1975 - 2023
Kuwait 51.34 18 2010 - 2023
Bangladesh 51.11 19 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 50.79 20 1990 - 2023
Pakistan 50.76 21 1960 - 2023
India 49.58 22 1960 - 2023
Turkmenistan 49.44 23 1987 - 2023
Iran 48.27 24 1960 - 2023
Afghanistan 46.55 25 2002 - 2023
Oman 46.43 26 1961 - 2023
Qatar 45.28 27 2011 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 44.87 28 1970 - 2023
Laos 44 29 1989 - 2023
Uzbekistan 43.94 30 1987 - 2023
Indonesia 42.88 31 1983 - 2023
Vietnam 42.54 32 1986 - 2023
Iraq 42.26 33 1968 - 2023
Mongolia 41.04 34 1990 - 2023
Burma 39.68 35 2008 - 2023
Azerbaijan 39.08 36 1990 - 2023
Brunei 38.75 37 1974 - 2023
Cambodia 36.15 38 1993 - 2023



Definition: Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99 and they include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3 or 4.

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