Services share of GDP in World

Services produced 63.3% of GDP in the world in 2024.

Measure: Services as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1995 to 2024 Source: World Bank
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024 63.3% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 63.0%
European Union, 2024 66.0% Official aggregate

Services share of GDP in World 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 WorldEuropean Union
2025 – 65.9%
2024 63.3% 66.0%
2023 63.0% 65.5%
2022 62.3% 65.2%
2021 64.1% 65.3%
2020 65.4% 65.8%
2019 64.9% 65.3%
2018 64.3% 65.2%
2017 64.5% 65.2%
2016 65.0% 65.2%
2015 64.4% 65.2%
2014 63.2% 65.6%
2013 62.9% 65.5%
2012 62.7% 65.2%
2011 62.6% 65.0%
2010 63.3% 65.3%
2009 64.7% 65.9%
2008 62.8% 64.0%
2007 63.2% 63.3%
2006 63.6% 63.4%
2005 64.3% 63.7%
2004 64.8% 63.6%
2003 65.5% 63.6%
2002 65.7% 63.2%
2001 65.2% 62.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 63.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 63.2%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 66.0%.

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
1995 to 2024 for World
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