Table 6-5
Global value-added revenue of market-oriented knowledge-intensive service industries and world share of selected regions: 1996 and 2005
 
 
Industry and region/country   1996   2005
 
Business        
Global revenue (2000 constant
  $trillions)		   2.38   3.38
World share (%)        
United States   43.3   42.6
EU   28.2   29.3
Asia   17.1   16.9
Financial        
Global revenue (2000 constant
  $trillions)		   1.61   2.28
World share (%)        
United States   36.9   37.6
EU   23.3   19.0
Asia   27.2   29.9
Communications        
Global revenue (2000 constant
  $trillions)		   0.59   1.11
World share (%)        
United States   42.1   38.7
EU   22.7   22.2
Asia   16.2   22.6
 

EU = European Union

NOTES: Knowledge-intensive services classified by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and consist of business, financial, communications, education, and health services. Market-oriented knowledge-intensive services exclude education and health services. Value-added revenue excludes purchases of domestic and imported materials and inputs. EU excludes Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, and Slovenia. Asia includes China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. China includes Hong Kong.

SOURCE: Global Insight, Inc., World Industry Service database, special tabulations (15 April 2007).

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