Kiribati vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Services, value added

Kiribati
70.3%
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
50.2%
in 2025
Kiribati rank
35th
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
33rd

Services, value added over time

  • Kiribati
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 70.3% against 50.2% in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 20.1%.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

Across all 44 years both countries report, Kiribati has been ahead every year.

Kiribati ranks 35th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 33rd of 206 countries.

Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) Difference Ahead
1980s 69.2% 43.2% 26.0% Kiribati
1990s 57.5% 47.4% 10.1% Kiribati
2000s 62.0% 48.7% 13.3% Kiribati
2010s 61.7% 52.0% 9.7% Kiribati
2020s 66.6% 50.0% 16.6% Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher services, value added, Kiribati or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
Kiribati, at 70.3% against 50.2% in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2024.
What is the difference in services, value added between Kiribati and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
20.1%, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Kiribati and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for services, value added?
Kiribati ranks 35th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 33rd of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Services, value added (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
254 places, 10,791 data points, 1960–2025
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 is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.