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

The average for 2023 based on 27 countries was 65.05 percent. The highest value was in Luxembourg: 80.6 percent and the lowest value was in Slovakia: 56.38 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
Luxembourg 80.6 1 1995 - 2023
Malta 80.6 2 1970 - 2023
Cyprus 76.65 3 1995 - 2023
Belgium 71.1 4 1995 - 2023
France 69.66 5 1960 - 2023
Netherlands 69.65 6 1969 - 2023
Spain 68.66 7 1995 - 2023
Greece 68.64 8 1995 - 2023
Portugal 66.76 9 1995 - 2023
Sweden 65.22 10 1980 - 2023
Italy 64.96 11 1990 - 2023
Estonia 64.54 12 1995 - 2023
Denmark 64.42 13 1966 - 2023
Germany 63.69 14 1991 - 2023
Austria 63.26 15 1976 - 2023
Lithuania 63.09 16 1995 - 2023
Bulgaria 62.5 17 1980 - 2023
Latvia 61.56 18 1995 - 2023
Finland 61.37 19 1975 - 2023
Ireland 60.88 20 1995 - 2023
Romania 60.73 21 1990 - 2023
Czechia 59.67 22 1993 - 2023
Croatia 59.07 23 1995 - 2023
Slovenia 57.75 24 1995 - 2023
Hungary 57.56 25 1995 - 2023
Poland 57.51 26 1995 - 2023
Slovakia 56.38 27 1995 - 2023


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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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