Services share of GDP in Japan

Services produced 71.4% of GDP in Japan in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1994.

Measure: Services as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1994 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Japan, 2024 71.4% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 70.8%
World, 2024 63.3% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 64.7% Middle value of 35 countries
Position in 2024 25th of 189 See the full ranking

Services share of GDP in Japan over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Services as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period JapanWorld
2024 71.4% 63.3%
2023 70.8% 63.0%
2022 71.1% 62.3%
2021 70.1% 64.1%
2020 69.8% 65.4%
2019 69.5% 64.9%
2018 69.1% 64.3%
2017 69.1% 64.5%
2016 69.3% 65.0%
2015 69.2% 64.4%
2014 70.2% 63.2%
2013 71.2% 62.9%
2012 71.2% 62.7%
2011 71.2% 62.6%
2010 69.7% 63.3%
2009 71.1% 64.7%
2008 69.5% 62.8%
2007 69.1% 63.2%
2006 69.1% 63.6%
2005 69.2% 64.3%
2004 68.8% 64.8%
2003 68.6% 65.5%
2002 68.2% 65.7%
2001 67.3% 65.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 70.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 70.2%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 189 countries with data for 2024, Japan has the 25th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 63.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.SRV.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1994 to 2024 for Japan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices