Services Trade Competitiveness Dashboard

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This interactive dashboard is a data-driven tool to facilitate the assessment of services trade competitiveness and performance.

It is designed to help developing economies evaluate their services trade performance, identify policy gaps and priorities, and better integrate services trade into development strategies.

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The service sector at a glance

Why a focus on services?
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI).
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Note: HIC = High-income countries; LIC = Low-income countries; LMC = Lower-middle-income countries; UMC = Upper-middle-income countries; WLD = World.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI).

How to use this diagnostic dashboard

Box 1. Trade is a key component of a policy agenda and reform path in services

Scanning the Economic Landscape

Growth and jobs

Share of employment by sector (%)
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI), based on ILO modelled estimates
Sectoral contribution to value added (%)
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI), based on national accounts data

Metrics

Share of the services sector in total employment (%)
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI), based on ILO modelled estimates
Share of the services sector in total value added (%)
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI), based on national accounts
GDP and share of employment in services sector
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI), based on national accounts and ILO modelled estimates
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Note: The growth contribution is the contribution of that sector to overall employment growth (annual average).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI).

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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI).
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Note: The growth contribution is the contribution of that sector to overall value added growth (annual average).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI).

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Note: The growth contribution is the contribution of that sector to overall value added growth (annual average).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI).

Composition

Sector classification (based on US/EU data)
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Note: Data refer to the latest available year. Bubble sizes indicate relative gross capital stock per worker. Bubbles shaded with dots refer to sectors with high offshorability (above 75th percentile). Red outlines designate sectors with high R&D intensity (above 75th percentile). The data on exports exclude services provided through commercial presence (GATS Mode 3). The share of low-skilled workers is measured by the share of workers in manual-task-intensive occupations. Indicators on low-skilled workers, exports, and offshorability are based on US data; those on R&D, linkages, and capital intensity are based on EU-15 data. OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Source: Nayyar, Hallward-Driemeier & Davies (2022).

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<strong>Note: </strong>Based on 2-digit (ISIC division) employment data. Comprehensiveness of data varies among countries.

<strong>Source: </strong>ILOSTAT based on national labor force surveys and household surveys.

Employment in low-skilled services (%), by income level
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<strong>Note:</strong> Low-skilled services include retail, wholesale, transportation, hospitality, administrative/support, arts/recreation and “other” services (e.g., personal services).

<strong>Source:</strong> ILOSTAT based on labor force surveys, World Bank WDI national accounts statistics.

Employment in global innovator services (%), by income level
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<strong>Note:</strong> Global innovator services include ICT, professional/technical and financial services.

<strong>Source:</strong> ILOSTAT based on labor force surveys, World Bank WDI national accounts statistics.

Metrics

Employment by Services Sector

Based on 2-digit data
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Source: ILO based on labor force and household surveys
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Source: ILO based on labor force and household surveys

Based on 1-digit data
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Note: This is based on section-based data, which does not allow for a distinction between wholesale and retail. Wholesale is therefore grouped with retail.

Source: ILO modelled estimates.

Contributions
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Note: The growth contribution is the contribution of that sector to overall employment growth (annual average).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI).

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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI).
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Note: The growth contribution is the contribution of that sector to overall value added growth (annual average).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI).

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Note: The growth contribution is the contribution of that sector to overall value added growth (annual average).

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI).

Productivity
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Note: EAP = East Asia & Pacific; ECA = Europe & Central Asia; LAC = Latin America & Caribbean; MNA = Middle East & North Africa; SAS = South Asia; SSA = Sub-Saharan Africa. All regional estimates exclude high-income countries.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI), based on national accounts and ILO modelled estimates.

Metrics
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Source: UNU-WIDER GGDC
Decompositions based on WDI
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Note: The within component of productivity growth is the weighted sum of productivity growth within sectors. The between component captures the productivity effects of labor reallocation across sectors.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI). See also McMillan and Rodrik (2011) for the methodology.

Decompositions based on Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
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Note: The within component of productivity growth is the weighted sum of productivity growth within sectors. The between component captures the productivity effects of labor reallocation across sectors.

Source: Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC). See also McMillan and Rodrik (2011) for the methodology.

Inclusiveness

Female workers, share of employment, by sector
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Source: ILO modelled estimates.
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Note: Advanced education comprises short-cycle tertiary education, bachelor's degree or equivalent, master's degree or equivalent, or doctoral degree or equivalent, according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).

Source: ILOSTAT based on household surveys.

Linkages
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Source: OECD, Input-Output Tables

Metrics

Box 2. Trade in Value Added (TiVA) data

Scanning the Trade Landscape

Trade in Commercial Services (BOP)
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates and WDI, WTO Stats , WDI

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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates and WDI, WTO Stats , WDI

Metrics

Trade in commercial services and goods

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Note: Goods trade data are computed using the memo item 'Goods and commercial services' in balance of payment statistics.

Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates, WTO Stats

Trade in commercial services


Commercial services , Exports
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Commercial services , Imports
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Transport , Exports
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Transport , Imports
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Travel , Exports
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Travel , Imports
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Other commercial services , Exports
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Other commercial services , Imports
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Goods-related services , Exports
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Goods-related services , Imports
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Share of commercial services in GDP and total trade

Share of commercial services trade in GDP — All selected economies
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates and WDI, WTO Stats , WDI

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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates and WDI, WTO Stats , WDI

Share of commercial services trade in GDP — time series
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates and WDI, WTO Stats , WDI

Share of commercial services trade in total trade — All selected economies
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Note: Commercial services exports/imports to total trade are computed using the memo item 'Goods and commercial services' in balance-of-payments statistics.

Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates, WTO Stats

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Note: Commercial services exports/imports to total trade are computed using the memo item 'Goods and commercial services' in balance-of-payments statistics.

Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates, WTO Stats

Share of commercial services trade in total trade — time series
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Note: Commercial services exports/imports to total trade are computed using the memo item 'Goods and commercial services' in balance-of-payments statistics.

Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates, WTO Stats

Commercial services trade, main sectors

Main services sectors as a share of total commercial services
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Growth of commercial services



Growth of commercial services
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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Composition of commercial services trade

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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

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Source: WTO-UNCTAD estimates. Global Services Trade Data Hub

Bilateral trade flows

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Current partner structure

Largest trading partners
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Source: WTO, based on WTO-OECD BaTiS. WTO-OECD BaTiS

Fastest growing partner (y-o-y)

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Source: WTO, based on WTO-OECD BaTiS. WTO-OECD BaTiS

Digitally Delivered Services Trade

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Digitally Delivered Services trade flows

Trade in total digitally delivered services (DDS)


Trade in total digitally delivered services (DDS)
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Source: WTO estimates, Global Services Trade Data Hub

Trade in total digitally delivered services (DDS)
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Source: WTO estimates, Global Services Trade Data Hub

Growth of Digitally Delivered Services Trade

Growth of total digitally delivered services (DDS)
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Source: WTO estimates, Global Services Trade Data Hub

Trade in Services by Mode of Supply

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Box 4. Four Modes of Supply in Trade in Services

Share of services exports by mode of supply
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Source: WTO estimates, Global Services Trade Data Hub

Share of services imports by mode of supply
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Source: WTO estimates, Global Services Trade Data Hub

Services Value Added in International Trade

Metrics

Displaying selected economies, single year

Services value added in manufacturing exports, foreign and domestic
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Source: OECD, TiVA 2025 edition

Services value added in total exports, foreign and domestic
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Source: OECD, TiVA 2025 edition

Displaying individual economies, over time

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Source: OECD, TiVA 2025 edition

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Source: OECD, TiVA 2025 edition

Revealed Comparative Advantage

RCA based on commercial services (BOP data)

Metrics

Box 8. Recent trends in Morocco’s Revealed Comparative Advantage in Services

RCA by service sector for individual economy

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Revealed Comparative advantage (RCA) for selected economies

RCA by service sector — Selected economies
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RCA by sector and year for the selected economy. Blue = comparative advantage (RCA > 1), red = comparative disadvantage (RCA < 1); color is scaled logarithmically and centered at RCA = 1. Sectors are sorted by their most recent year's RCA. Hover a cell for the exact value.

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Value-added Revealed Comparative Advantage (VA-RCA)

Export Diversification

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Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (HHI)

Services export concentration index (HHI) over time
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Source: WTO estimates, based on balance-of-payments data.

Theil Entropy Index

Services export diversification (Theil entropy) over time
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Source: WTO estimates, based on balance-of-payments data.

Export Sophistication


Commercial services export sophistication over time
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Source: WTO estimates, based on balance-of-payments data.

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Source: WTO estimates, based on balance-of-payments data.
Commercial services export sophistication, by income level
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Source: WTO estimates, based on balance-of-payments and WDI data.

Scanning the Policy Landscape – Formulating a Policy Agenda for Services Trade

Developing a policy agenda on services trade

Trade policy

World Bank-WTO Services Trade Restrictions Index (STRI) by broad sectors (Professional, Computer, Communications, Construction)
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Source: World Bank-WTO Services Trade Restrictions Index , I-TIP Services

World Bank-WTO Services Trade Restrictions Index (STRI) by broad sectors (Distribution, Financial, Health, Tourism, Transport)
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Source: World Bank-WTO Services Trade Restrictions Index , I-TIP Services

GATS Commitments

GATS subsector commitments by economy
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Source: WTO estimates.

Metrics

Box 8. Uzbekistan: documenting the gains from a sustained commitment to service sector reforms

Investment policies affecting services trade under mode 3

Box 11. Operational examples of FDI entry liberalization – Indonesia and the Philippines

Metrics
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Source: World Bank-WTO Services Trade Restrictions Index , I-TIP Services

Complementary Policies

Institutions and governance

Metrics

Global Innovation Index — institutions and infrastructure pillars
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Competition

Metrics

Physical connectivity

Box 15. The World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI)

Logistics performance index
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Source: World Bank Logistics Performance Index

Metrics on physical connectivity

Digital connectivity

Box 16. The World Bank’s Digital Trade Regulatory Readiness (DTRR) database

Metrics on digital connectivity

Box 17. Digital Trade Regulatory Readiness

Proportion of individuals using the Internet

Proportion of individuals using the Internet — all selected economies
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Note: Regional and world values are calculated as simple averages across available economies.

Source: ITU Data Hub

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Note: Regional and world values are calculated as simple averages across available economies.

Source: ITU Data Hub

ICT prices

ICT prices — mobile data & voice, high-consumption basket (% GNI per capita) — all selected economies
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Source: ITU Data Hub

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Source: ITU Data Hub

Active mobile-broadband subscriptions

Active mobile-broadband subscriptions
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Source: ITU Data Hub

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Source: ITU Data Hub

Coverage of mobile network technology

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Source: ITU Data Hub

Maturity of Telecom/ICT Regulation (ICT Regulatory Tracker)

ICT Regulatory Tracker — Overall score (all selected economies)
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Source: ITU, ICT Regulatory Tracker data

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Source: ITU, ICT Regulatory Tracker data

Capabilities

Worker skills

Metrics in relation to skills

Global Innovation Index - capabilities and innovation indicators
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Technology and innovation

Metrics on technology and innovation

Annexes

Example of World Bank policy recommendations