Services share of GDP in United Kingdom

Services produced 73.1% of GDP in United Kingdom in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Services as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1990 to 2025 Source: World Bank
United Kingdom, 2025 73.1% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.6percentage points 2024: 72.5%
World, 2024 63.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as United Kingdom (2025).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 64.5% Middle value of 33 countries

Services share of GDP in United Kingdom 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 United KingdomWorld
2025 73.1% –
2024 72.5% 63.3%
2023 72.4% 63.0%
2022 72.5% 62.3%
2021 72.2% 64.1%
2020 72.1% 65.4%
2019 71.0% 64.9%
2018 70.8% 64.3%
2017 70.8% 64.5%
2016 70.9% 65.0%
2015 70.5% 64.4%
2014 70.2% 63.2%
2013 70.1% 62.9%
2012 70.5% 62.7%
2011 70.3% 62.6%
2010 71.0% 63.3%
2009 71.7% 64.7%
2008 69.8% 62.8%
2007 69.8% 63.2%
2006 69.3% 63.6%
2005 69.3% 64.3%
2004 69.0% 64.8%
2003 68.4% 65.5%
2002 67.9% 65.7%
2001 67.5% 65.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 72.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 70.5%, the figure has changed by +2.6 percentage points.

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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
1990 to 2025 for United Kingdom
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