Cape Verde vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Services, value added
Services, value added over time
- Cape Verde
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 6.3% against 3.9% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 2.4%.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 28th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 27th of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 3 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.0% | 2.3% | 2.7% | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 11.4% | 2.5% | 8.8% | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 6.1% | 6.5% | 0.4% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 3.9% | 0.5% | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 2020s | 3.3% | 2.6% | 0.7% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher services, value added, Cape Verde or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Cape Verde, at 6.3% against 3.9% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in services, value added between Cape Verde and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 2.4%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for services, value added?
- Cape Verde ranks 28th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 27th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as Services, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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 denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.