Dominica's trade in services (% of GDP) was 53.67% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 7.47 percentage points from 61.14% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 53.67% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 37.39% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 61.14% | 2015 |
| Highest | 64.6% | 2014 |
| Lowest | 11.36% | 1978 |
| Average since 2016 | 50% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 11.54% | 1977 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Dominica's trade in services (% of GDP) fell 6.28 percentage points on 2024 (from 59.96% to 53.67%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.87 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.52 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 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 14.05 percentage points in 1979 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.77 percentage points in 2018. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Dominica had the 18th highest value of the 135 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Dominica | 53.67% | 2025 |
| World | 15.19% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 8.91% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 7.79% | 2025 |
Closest to Dominica in the 2025 ranking
- Estonia — 14th of 135: 59.34%
- Kosovo — 15th of 135: 57.07%
- Denmark — 16th of 135: 56.6%
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 18th of 135: 48.83%
- Lithuania — 19th of 135: 48.63%
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 20th of 135: 47.35%
What this measures
Total trade in services includes services provided by residents to non-residents plus services provided by non-residents to residents. 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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 49 values
| Year | Trade in services (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.67 |
| 2024 | 59.96 |
| 2023 | 48.82 |
| 2022 | 43.09 |
| 2021 | 37.48 |
| 2020 | 37.39 |
| 2019 | 52 |
| 2018 | 44.64 |
| 2017 | 61.41 |
| 2016 | 61.6 |
| 2015 |
Trade in services (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 78.09% (2025)
- Argentina — 7.07% (2025)
- Aruba — 111.26% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 52.86% (2024)
- Barbados — 37.79% (2017)
- Belize — 47.07% (2025)
- Bolivia — 5.6% (2025)
- Brazil — 7% (2025)
- Chile — 9.78% (2025)
- Colombia — 8.74% (2025)
- Costa Rica — 25.95% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Dominica
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 5% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$183,256 (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$52.64 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$52.64 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$52.64 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$52.64 million (2023)
- Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$791.41 (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Dominica's trade in services (% of GDP)?
- 53.67% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1977?
- It is up 42.14 percentage points from 11.54% in 1977. The highest value was 64.6% in 2014 and the lowest 11.36% in 1978.
- How does Dominica rank?
- 18th highest of 135 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in trade in services (% of GDP) unusual for Dominica?
- In 2025, Dominica's trade in services (% of GDP) fell 6.28 percentage points on 2024 (from 59.96% to 53.67%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.87 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.52 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BG.GSR.NFSV.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 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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