Services, value added in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Services, value added was 39.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Guinea-Bissau, 1970–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Guinea-Bissau stood at 39.1%.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 47.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 19.3%, in 1990.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 190th of 204 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Services, value added in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 31.3% | — |
| 1971 | 33.1% | +5.7% |
| 1972 | 31.8% | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 32.7% | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 33.1% | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 26.9% | -18.9% |
| 1976 | 36.4% | +35.4% |
| 1977 | 31.2% | -14.2% |
| 1978 | 28.4% | -9.0% |
| 1979 | 28.5% | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 39.1% | +36.9% |
| 1981 | 34.8% | -10.9% |
| 1982 | 38.8% | +11.6% |
| 1983 | 46.1% | +18.7% |
| 1984 | 44.3% | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 37.9% | -14.5% |
| 1986 | 34.9% | -7.7% |
| 1987 | 27.1% | -22.3% |
| 1988 | 25.4% | -6.4% |
| 1989 | 32.0% | +25.8% |
| 1990 | 19.3% | -39.7% |
| 1991 | 34.2% | +77.5% |
| 1992 | 38.7% | +13.0% |
| 1993 | 33.2% | -14.2% |
| 1994 | 30.9% | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 30.8% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 29.0% | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 41.0% | +41.2% |
| 1998 | 42.6% | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 44.5% | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 43.1% | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 44.4% | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 41.8% | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 39.4% | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 43.0% | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 39.0% | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 39.5% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 40.3% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 41.5% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 40.1% | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 40.8% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 42.3% | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 41.8% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 41.9% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 43.8% | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 45.1% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 45.4% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 45.1% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 44.9% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 47.5% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 47.2% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 43.0% | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 43.6% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 43.6% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 38.6% | -11.4% |
| 2025 | 39.1% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 31.3% | 26.9% | 36.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 36.0% | 25.4% | 46.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 34.4% | 19.3% | 44.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.2% | 39.0% | 44.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.9% | 40.8% | 47.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.5% | 38.6% | 47.2% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Guinea-Bissau
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.42 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 16.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3907 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 439.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 11.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 227.36 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per capita 255,503 current LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.3285 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Guinea-Bissau?
- Services, value added in Guinea-Bissau was 39.1% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 47.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.3% in 1990.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for services, value added?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 190th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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 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.