Services (share of GDP) over time (1990–2024)

Follow services (share of GDP) for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1990 to 2024.

• The country ranked first changed over time: Antigua & Barbuda in 1990–1991, Turkmenistan in 1992, Antigua & Barbuda in 1993–1996, Bahamas in 1997–2009, Monaco in 2010–2019, Libya in 2020, Lebanon in 2021–2022, Monaco in 2023–2024.
• Japan’s services (share of GDP) went from 63.3% in 1994 to 71.4% in 2024 (up 8.1 points).
• Japan ranked #13 of 132 countries in 1994 and #19 of 179 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom

Key years for Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom of the 2024 ranking

Country	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Monaco	–	–	87.1%	85.1%	87.2%
Japan	–	66.1%	69.7%	69.8%	71.4%
Lithuania	–	56.8%	60.0%	61.0%	64.2%
China	32.5%	40.4%	45.1%	55.5%	56.8%
India	37.0%	42.7%	45.0%	47.9%	48.0%
Guyana	32.7%	33.2%	41.6%	38.9%	14.5%
Countries with data	119	167	184	185	179

Biggest changes, 1990–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1990 and 2024. Countries with a very small starting value are left out, because their ratios look exaggerated.

Biggest increases

Country	1990	2024	Change	Rank
Malta	37.0%	81.6%	up 44.6 points	#91 → #2
Romania	24.2%	62.6%	up 38.4 points	#115 → #56
Zambia	24.8%	57.2%	up 32.3 points	#114 → #87
Ukraine	28.6%	60.4%	up 31.8 points	#111 → #65
Botswana	31.8%	63.5%	up 31.7 points	#102 → #52

Biggest decreases

Country	1990	2024	Change	Rank
Chad	50.5%	31.0%	down 19.4 points	#44 → #176
Guyana	32.7%	14.5%	down 18.2 points	#98 → #179
Gabon	49.7%	36.8%	down 12.9 points	#45 → #169
Mali	47.4%	36.1%	down 11.4 points	#56 → #172
Niger	40.7%	32.2%	down 8.5 points	#82 → #175

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

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Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024

Country	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Monaco	–	–	87.1%	85.1%	87.2%
Malta	37.0%	60.2%	69.5%	78.6%	81.6%
Luxembourg	–	71.9%	78.9%	79.3%	81.2%
São Tomé & Príncipe	–	–	64.6%	75.1%	81.1%
Andorra	–	76.6%	77.0%	79.8%	77.6%
Bahamas	70.2%	77.7%	81.1%	76.5%	77.2%
Cyprus	–	69.8%	71.6%	74.6%	76.5%
Djibouti	–	–	–	77.3%	76.1%
Barbados	71.0%	71.3%	75.3%	73.6%	75.8%
St. Lucia	–	–	74.1%	70.7%	74.8%
Cuba	–	66.6%	72.5%	73.5%	73.4%
Singapore	64.2%	60.7%	67.8%	72.2%	73.1%
Palau	–	76.0%	78.8%	76.6%	73.1%
Israel	–	65.2%	66.7%	70.3%	72.8%
United Kingdom	68.7%	66.3%	71.0%	72.1%	72.5%
Maldives	–	–	77.7%	70.8%	72.1%
Timor-Leste	–	51.1%	68.9%	48.3%	71.6%
Switzerland	65.2%	69.2%	70.8%	70.8%	71.5%
Japan	–	66.1%	69.7%	69.8%	71.4%
Belgium	–	63.1%	67.9%	70.3%	71.0%
France	62.2%	66.4%	70.7%	71.0%	70.9%
Netherlands	62.9%	66.4%	68.8%	69.8%	70.5%
Kiribati	72.3%	58.1%	62.9%	66.5%	70.3%
Antigua & Barbuda	73.1%	77.4%	73.7%	67.8%	70.0%
Samoa	–	58.3%	68.1%	69.4%	69.4%
Panama	69.2%	71.6%	73.4%	71.0%	69.3%
Costa Rica	58.5%	56.1%	62.1%	68.4%	69.0%
Seychelles	49.2%	38.9%	61.6%	69.3%	68.9%
Spain	–	59.1%	66.5%	68.4%	68.9%
Cape Verde	55.5%	65.4%	67.4%	66.0%	68.8%
Marshall Islands	–	73.9%	71.7%	68.9%	68.2%
Greece	–	64.7%	70.2%	69.7%	68.0%
Micronesia	–	62.7%	60.2%	67.0%	66.5%
Sweden	57.7%	61.1%	62.9%	65.6%	66.5%
St. Vincent & Grenadines	56.8%	64.1%	64.0%	63.2%	66.4%
Portugal	–	60.0%	66.0%	65.6%	66.3%
Australia	59.5%	64.4%	65.7%	66.3%	66.1%
St. Kitts & Nevis	62.4%	66.9%	65.8%	64.2%	66.1%
Grenada	63.1%	64.7%	68.4%	66.8%	65.9%
Estonia	–	60.6%	59.9%	64.0%	65.7%
Iceland	–	57.3%	62.0%	65.4%	65.3%
Uruguay	61.5%	65.3%	58.2%	64.6%	65.1%
Latvia	–	60.5%	63.7%	62.4%	64.7%
Italy	60.3%	63.0%	66.4%	66.7%	64.7%
Mauritius	45.4%	55.2%	63.4%	68.5%	64.4%
Lithuania	–	56.8%	60.0%	61.0%	64.2%
Germany	–	61.7%	62.7%	63.9%	64.0%
Austria	55.6%	58.9%	61.6%	62.8%	64.0%
Montenegro	–	58.2%	60.8%	60.9%	63.8%
Bulgaria	35.2%	54.0%	59.5%	61.5%	63.8%
Denmark	60.9%	60.3%	65.8%	66.0%	63.5%
Botswana	31.8%	42.7%	54.7%	65.9%	63.5%
Philippines	42.7%	51.1%	53.9%	61.4%	63.2%
South Africa	52.4%	61.2%	64.3%	64.6%	63.0%
Tunisia	43.1%	53.2%	55.9%	60.2%	62.6%
Romania	24.2%	49.2%	46.0%	59.9%	62.6%
Belize	53.0%	57.2%	61.6%	61.4%	62.4%
Finland	52.3%	52.9%	59.0%	60.0%	62.2%
Guatemala	54.3%	57.4%	59.5%	62.0%	62.0%
Armenia	–	–	–	53.2%	62.0%
Georgia	33.4%	53.2%	62.4%	57.9%	62.0%
Moldova	–	45.3%	54.5%	54.1%	61.7%
Croatia	–	53.6%	59.8%	59.5%	60.8%
Ireland	–	55.1%	66.8%	55.8%	60.6%
Ukraine	28.6%	39.7%	55.5%	55.8%	60.4%
El Salvador	54.7%	58.6%	59.5%	61.5%	60.2%
Czechia	–	54.6%	56.3%	59.6%	60.2%
Slovakia	–	57.2%	59.2%	59.5%	60.0%
Jamaica	–	63.9%	66.5%	59.0%	60.0%
Dominican Republic	47.7%	52.1%	60.1%	60.1%	59.8%
Hungary	–	53.2%	56.6%	56.8%	59.4%
Thailand	–	54.8%	49.6%	58.0%	59.3%
Trinidad & Tobago	48.3%	51.5%	45.5%	62.7%	59.2%
Brazil	60.5%	58.3%	57.6%	61.4%	59.2%
Poland	–	56.8%	55.3%	57.1%	59.1%
Serbia	–	42.2%	52.9%	54.5%	58.8%
Mexico	59.7%	58.0%	60.5%	59.2%	58.6%
Honduras	47.6%	50.7%	60.6%	59.0%	58.1%
Kazakhstan	–	48.4%	51.7%	56.1%	57.9%
Slovenia	–	53.8%	58.6%	57.2%	57.9%
Russia	32.6%	49.7%	53.1%	56.4%	57.7%
Colombia	48.3%	57.2%	53.4%	60.1%	57.6%
Türkiye	48.1%	52.8%	54.7%	54.6%	57.5%
South Korea	47.2%	52.5%	54.9%	56.9%	57.5%
Sri Lanka	47.0%	52.8%	53.0%	57.8%	57.5%
Jordan	60.4%	64.3%	55.7%	58.0%	57.4%
Zambia	24.8%	49.0%	52.8%	53.7%	57.2%
Ecuador	45.1%	46.9%	53.6%	61.3%	57.1%
Dominica	57.7%	62.1%	59.0%	59.6%	56.9%
China	32.5%	40.4%	45.1%	55.5%	56.8%
Gambia	64.6%	60.6%	49.2%	54.0%	56.8%
Vanuatu	–	–	61.7%	57.6%	56.8%
Bosnia & Herzegovina	–	54.4%	55.5%	54.7%	56.7%
North Macedonia	39.5%	52.8%	55.1%	56.6%	56.2%
Chile	46.7%	55.1%	53.6%	56.3%	55.8%
Kenya	–	–	57.0%	54.0%	55.7%
Kuwait	–	–	47.0%	67.0%	55.7%
United Arab Emirates	53.7%	47.4%	49.0%	58.7%	54.9%
Nepal	30.4%	34.7%	46.4%	53.9%	54.9%
Sudan	42.5%	35.7%	49.0%	58.1%	54.7%
Fiji	48.9%	53.3%	57.5%	54.1%	54.6%
Namibia	53.8%	56.9%	54.0%	58.8%	54.1%
Nigeria	42.0%	43.8%	50.8%	52.4%	53.7%
Malaysia	44.2%	46.3%	48.5%	54.8%	53.7%
Argentina	55.9%	63.5%	51.5%	54.9%	53.7%
Norway	56.2%	49.4%	53.1%	61.1%	53.5%
Bolivia	46.1%	52.2%	43.6%	55.8%	53.4%
Bahrain	–	–	54.8%	57.8%	53.3%
Morocco	45.0%	45.7%	47.2%	53.2%	52.7%
Haiti	43.5%	57.2%	52.5%	53.9%	52.7%
Kyrgyzstan	30.6%	30.0%	49.3%	50.7%	52.3%
Rwanda	42.8%	44.3%	50.5%	48.8%	52.2%
Côte d’Ivoire	41.2%	34.7%	37.8%	55.6%	51.9%
Bhutan	40.5%	42.2%	43.0%	50.0%	51.5%
Bangladesh	46.7%	50.6%	53.5%	51.5%	51.4%
Eswatini	39.6%	45.1%	48.4%	53.0%	51.4%
Lesotho	55.9%	51.3%	53.8%	51.9%	51.4%
Peru	–	54.0%	48.9%	54.2%	50.9%
Suriname	50.8%	46.0%	48.2%	51.9%	50.8%
Cameroon	44.9%	45.0%	50.6%	51.8%	50.7%
Pakistan	43.4%	52.1%	52.6%	53.7%	50.7%
Zimbabwe	45.4%	70.1%	57.8%	35.0%	50.6%
Iran	53.2%	51.4%	51.1%	48.8%	49.8%
Tonga	–	49.9%	53.6%	52.4%	49.5%
Belarus	28.6%	39.9%	43.5%	49.0%	49.5%
Comoros	54.5%	54.5%	54.0%	52.0%	49.3%
Equatorial Guinea	–	–	24.7%	51.3%	49.3%
Madagascar	–	48.4%	48.8%	50.4%	49.3%
Togo	52.2%	47.9%	50.6%	51.5%	49.2%
Senegal	51.2%	50.6%	52.4%	50.5%	49.1%
Egypt	49.6%	46.5%	46.2%	52.0%	48.9%
Benin	52.9%	35.3%	44.5%	47.9%	48.9%
Albania	–	42.1%	41.3%	45.7%	48.7%
Paraguay	42.1%	44.9%	45.3%	48.2%	48.4%
India	37.0%	42.7%	45.0%	47.9%	48.0%
Turkmenistan	36.7%	28.9%	23.9%	48.6%	47.5%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	–	44.5%	37.6%	48.5%	47.3%
Solomon Islands	–	–	48.5%	48.6%	46.9%
Saudi Arabia	44.2%	40.3%	38.6%	54.6%	46.9%
Nicaragua	–	49.7%	51.7%	48.6%	46.8%
Algeria	–	33.1%	43.6%	52.8%	46.8%
Uzbekistan	34.6%	37.2%	43.0%	38.7%	46.3%
Oman	–	43.1%	39.9%	55.0%	46.0%
Iraq	22.3%	10.9%	39.7%	54.8%	45.8%
Qatar	44.4%	30.6%	33.7%	52.7%	45.3%
Afghanistan	–	–	48.9%	52.6%	45.2%
Republic of the Congo	46.5%	22.5%	25.4%	50.0%	45.0%
Angola	–	–	40.2%	45.4%	44.6%
Mongolia	43.3%	39.2%	44.8%	40.5%	44.3%
Malawi	28.3%	45.6%	51.2%	50.3%	44.2%
Burkina Faso	47.6%	47.7%	42.1%	45.0%	44.0%
Indonesia	39.1%	33.4%	40.7%	44.4%	43.8%
Ghana	37.9%	28.8%	48.2%	45.2%	43.6%
Laos	40.2%	42.2%	43.6%	41.0%	43.5%
Burundi	23.0%	32.1%	40.6%	47.8%	43.3%
Liberia	–	19.7%	52.5%	38.8%	43.3%
Uganda	30.5%	44.7%	44.8%	42.8%	43.1%
Sierra Leone	31.8%	12.5%	46.2%	43.4%	42.6%
Azerbaijan	34.8%	35.8%	28.2%	42.4%	42.5%
Mauritania	41.9%	40.4%	39.9%	39.0%	42.4%
Vietnam	38.6%	38.7%	40.6%	41.8%	42.4%
Central African Republic	–	–	29.3%	39.0%	42.1%
Papua New Guinea	–	–	44.1%	44.0%	42.0%
Mozambique	–	45.4%	46.5%	40.5%	41.1%
Brunei	25.0%	34.6%	32.5%	41.5%	39.0%
Guinea-Bissau	19.3%	43.1%	40.8%	47.2%	38.6%
Myanmar	–	–	36.7%	40.0%	38.5%
Ethiopia	35.4%	37.4%	41.8%	36.8%	37.5%
Gabon	49.7%	37.5%	30.8%	44.8%	36.8%
Tajikistan	29.1%	31.5%	45.1%	35.3%	36.5%
Guinea	30.5%	28.4%	43.4%	36.8%	36.3%
Mali	47.4%	49.5%	42.8%	35.3%	36.1%
Lebanon	–	61.5%	71.9%	87.4%	35.7%
Cambodia	–	36.7%	39.7%	39.1%	35.6%
Niger	40.7%	40.4%	35.1%	36.6%	32.2%
Chad	50.5%	44.6%	26.5%	32.1%	31.0%
Tanzania	22.9%	49.1%	43.3%	34.2%	29.6%
Libya	–	–	32.2%	88.3%	28.3%
Guyana	32.7%	33.2%	41.6%	38.9%	14.5%
Canada	–	61.0%	65.4%	69.3%	–
Liechtenstein	–	–	–	56.1%	–
New Zealand	60.3%	61.8%	64.2%	66.1%	–
San Marino	–	–	–	57.9%	–
South Sudan	–	–	33.6%	–	–
Syria	47.6%	41.9%	50.1%	43.4%	–
United States	–	72.8%	76.3%	77.0%	–
Venezuela	32.4%	0.0%	0.0%	–	–
Yemen	30.0%	32.7%	33.2%	–	–
Countries with data	119	167	184	185	179