Sri Lanka
Services, value added (% of GDP)

Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Global rank#92out of 158 countries
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Historical trend

60.155.150.145.140.1196019932025Sri Lanka · 2025: 54.63%Sri Lanka

Analytical takeaways

  • Sri Lanka records 54.63% for Services, value added (% of GDP) in 2025, ranking #92 globally out of 158 countries.
  • Services, value added (% of GDP) increased from 47.21% in 1960 to 54.63% in 2025, a gain of 7.42%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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