China: Services, value added (constant LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, China's services, value added (constant LCU) rose 5.4% on 2024 (from 72.46 trillion to 76.36 trillion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.1% and a typical year strayed about 2.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 19.4% in 1984. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 3.45 trillion a year. A straight line explains 100% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 86.25 trillion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 742.05 billion, against 7.71 trillion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, China had the 12th highest value of the 161 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to China in the 2025 ranking

• Nigeria — 9th of 161: 123.32 trillion
• Uzbekistan — 10th of 161: 112.18 trillion
• Iraq — 11th of 161: 79.35 trillion
• Uganda — 13th of 161: 70.56 trillion
• Tanzania — 14th of 161: 61.87 trillion
• Russian Federation — 15th of 161: 61.01 trillion

What this measures

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 in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.

All 48 values

Services, value added (constant LCU) in nearby economies

• Australia — 1.8 trillion (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 8.07 billion (2025)
• Cambodia — 56.12 trillion (2025)
• Fiji — 7.17 billion (2025)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 2.88 trillion (2025)
• Indonesia — 6,293.49 trillion (2025)
• Japan — 420.61 trillion (2024)
• Kiribati — 260.63 million (2024)
• Korea, Rep. — 1,347.27 trillion (2025)
• Lao PDR — 58.76 trillion (2025)
• Macao SAR, China

More economic policy & debt data for China

• Exports of goods and services (current US$) — US$4.11 trillion (2025)
• Exports of goods and services (current LCU) — 29.54 trillion (2025)
• Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 21.07% (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current US$) — US$3.29 trillion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current LCU) — 23.67 trillion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 16.89% (2025)
• External balance on goods and services (current US$) — US$816.19 billion (2025)
• External balance on goods and services (current LCU) — 5.87 trillion (2025)
• External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) — 4.19% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is China's services, value added (constant LCU)?

76.36 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1978?

It is up 7,767% from 970.6 billion in 1978 (9.73% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 76.36 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 970.6 billion in 1978.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.SRV.TOTL.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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