Paraguay vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Services, value added

Paraguay
6.3%
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
3.9%
in 2025
Paraguay rank
29th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
27th

Services, value added over time

  • Paraguay
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
-50510196319942025

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 6.3% against 3.9% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 2.4%.

That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Paraguay ranks 29th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 27th of 198 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Paraguay averaged higher in 4 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Paraguay Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 3.0% 2.3% 0.7% Paraguay
1990s 2.9% 2.5% 0.4% Paraguay
2000s 3.1% 6.5% 3.4% Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 4.3% 3.9% 0.5% Paraguay
2020s 3.3% 2.6% 0.7% Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher services, value added, Paraguay or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Paraguay, 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 Paraguay and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
2.4%, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
44 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2025.
How do Paraguay and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for services, value added?
Paraguay ranks 29th 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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Indicator
Services, value added (annual % growth)
Unit
annual % growth
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
242 places, 9,649 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

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.