Syrian Arab Republic Services Share of GDP

Indicator note: 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.

Source organization: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)

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Syrian Arab Republic recorded 44,72 percent of GDP in 2022, the latest year available in this series.

Compared with 2021, the services share of gdp increased by 5,01.

Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.

Across 7 observations from 2016 to 2022, the average was 43,63; the minimum was 39,71 in 2021 and the maximum was 49,60 in 2016.

Syrian Arab Republic ranks 173 out of 205 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.

The latest value is below the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.

It is also above the available average for the Low income group.

Service-sector importance in the economy.