Services, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Services, value added was 3.9% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Services, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), 1982–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 3.9% for services, value added in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 9.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, -3.5%, in 2020.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 25th out of 43 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Services, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 2.2% | — |
| 1983 | 1.4% | -36.7% |
| 1984 | 1.8% | +30.7% |
| 1985 | 1.0% | -42.2% |
| 1986 | 2.2% | +113.8% |
| 1987 | 4.4% | +98.0% |
| 1988 | 3.4% | -24.3% |
| 1989 | 2.2% | -33.3% |
| 1990 | 2.9% | +30.0% |
| 1991 | 1.6% | -45.6% |
| 1992 | 0.8% | -51.1% |
| 1993 | 0.3% | -55.2% |
| 1994 | 2.5% | +611.2% |
| 1995 | 4.1% | +67.3% |
| 1996 | 2.6% | -37.3% |
| 1997 | 3.2% | +24.8% |
| 1998 | 3.6% | +13.2% |
| 1999 | 3.7% | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 3.2% | -13.4% |
| 2001 | 5.0% | +53.7% |
| 2002 | 5.6% | +12.6% |
| 2003 | 4.7% | -16.0% |
| 2004 | 9.0% | +92.6% |
| 2005 | 7.1% | -21.3% |
| 2006 | 8.2% | +15.6% |
| 2007 | 8.8% | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 7.3% | -17.5% |
| 2009 | 5.6% | -22.7% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | +25.0% |
| 2011 | 4.6% | -34.8% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | -19.3% |
| 2013 | 6.4% | +71.9% |
| 2014 | 5.3% | -17.0% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | -41.0% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | -45.4% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | -23.9% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | +108.2% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | +3.9% |
| 2020 | -3.5% | -226.3% |
| 2021 | 4.4% | -224.3% |
| 2022 | 4.4% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | -37.9% |
| 2024 | 3.9% | +42.7% |
| 2025 | 3.9% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.3% | 1.0% | 4.4% | 8 |
| 1990s | 2.5% | 0.3% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.5% | 3.2% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 1.3% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | -3.5% | 4.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Industry (including construction), value added 478.12 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9339 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 379.88 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.7% (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per capita 1,562 current US$ per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 202.74 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$), annual 4.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 554.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Services, value added 1.15 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Services, value added 1.11 trillion current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Services, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) was 3.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was -3.5% in 2020.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for services, value added?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 25th out of 43 groups with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.