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Compare Services Share of GDP across 18 selected countries in the Americas using World Bank data for 2024. Values are measured in % of GDP.
Data year: 2024 Source: World Bank Last refreshed:
The latest sufficiently complete World Bank data for the selected countries is from 2024. Retrieval date and data year are different; no newer values are inferred.
Key findings
- Cuba has the highest observed value at 73.4%.
- Nicaragua has the lowest observed value at 46.8%.
- The median across 18 reporting countries is 58.4%.
- The difference between the highest and lowest values is 26.6 percentage points.
Comparison across selected countries in the Americas. Values in % of GDP. Bar lengths start at zero; the table below provides the same observations.
Complete selected-country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 73.4% |
| 2 | Panama | 69.3% |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 69% |
| 4 | Uruguay | 65.1% |
| 5 | Guatemala | 62% |
| 6 | El Salvador | 60.2% |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 59.8% |
| 8 | Brazil | 59.2% |
| 9 | Mexico | 58.6% |
| 10 | Honduras | 58.1% |
| 11 | Colombia | 57.6% |
| 12 | Ecuador | 57.1% |
| 13 | Chile | 55.8% |
| 14 | Argentina | 53.7% |
| 15 | Bolivia | 53.4% |
| 16 | Peru | 50.9% |
| 17 | Paraguay | 48.4% |
| 18 | Nicaragua | 46.8% |
What the data shows
The unweighted country mean is 58.8%, compared with a median of 58.4%. Each reporting country has equal weight; this is not a population-weighted or regional aggregate. The gap between the two highest observed values is 4 percentage points. These comparisons describe the observations and do not establish causes.
Methodology
- Provider
- World Bank
- Dataset
- Services, value added (% of GDP)
- Indicator ID
- NV.SRV.TOTL.ZS
- Data year
- 2024
- Units
- % of GDP
- Coverage
- 18 of 20 selected countries in the Americas.
Source: World Bank: Services, value added (% of GDP) (2024)
Rankings use the cited source values without imputation or interpolation. Display rounding does not affect rank.
Technical details
- Coverage threshold
- Minimum 18 reporting countries.
- Countries included
- Cuba, Panama, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Guatemala, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Nicaragua
- Countries excluded (missing observations; ISO3 codes)
- CAN, USA
- Ranking direction
- descending
- Sorting
- Exact source values; equal values share competition rank. Ties display by ascending country ID, then record ID.
- Statistics
- Unweighted arithmetic mean, median, and highest minus lowest. Derived decimals use half-up rounding; source values remain exact.
Why a newer year was not selected
- 2026: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2025: 15 available observations; 18 required.
Caveats
This is a selected-country comparison, not a global ranking. Missing countries may affect the distribution. A higher value does not necessarily imply a better outcome. Source observations may be revised.