Services share of GDP in Sri Lanka

Services produced 54.6% of GDP in Sri Lanka in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2018.

Measure: Services as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Sri Lanka, 2025 54.6% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −2.9percentage points 2024: 57.5%
World, 2024 63.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Sri Lanka (2025).

Services share of GDP in Sri Lanka 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 2025
Period Sri LankaWorld
2025 54.6% –
2024 57.5% 63.3%
2023 60.1% 63.0%
2022 57.1% 62.3%
2021 55.9% 64.1%
2020 57.8% 65.4%
2019 55.7% 64.9%
2018 53.6% 64.3%
2017 52.2% 64.5%
2016 53.4% 65.0%
2015 54.2% 64.4%
2014 54.6% 63.2%
2013 54.5% 62.9%
2012 54.2% 62.7%
2011 53.4% 62.6%
2010 53.0% 63.3%
2009 57.6% 64.7%
2008 57.2% 62.8%
2007 58.4% 63.2%
2006 58.0% 63.6%
2005 58.0% 64.3%
2004 58.8% 64.8%
2003 58.3% 65.5%
2002 57.7% 65.7%
2001 53.1% 65.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.9 percentage points from 57.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 54.2%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.

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
1960 to 2025 for Sri Lanka
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