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Services share of GDP — Cabo Verde

Services share of GDP in Cabo Verde in 2025 — 67.9%. Ranked 21 in the world out of 158. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 3.4 pp.

2025 67.9% −0.9 pp vs 2024
World rank 21of 158
Period maximum 72.6%2006
Period minimum 55.5%1990

Trend over time

1980–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Cabo Verde, 1980–2025556065707519801985199019952000200520102015202020251980: 64.5%1981: 66.9%1982: 71.6%1983: 70.7%1984: 70.5%1985: 69%1986: 68.5%1987: 63.6%1988: 63%1989: 63%1990: 55.5%1991: 56.3%1992: 55.8%1993: 67.3%1994: 56.6%1995: 58%1996: 58.6%1997: 62.1%1998: 62.7%1999: 63%2000: 65.4%2001: 69.4%2002: 70.6%2003: 71.3%2004: 71.9%2005: 71.8%2006: 72.6%2007: 67.3%2008: 66.5%2009: 66.7%2010: 67.4%2011: 67.3%2012: 68.7%2013: 68%2014: 67.5%2015: 67.2%2016: 69.3%2017: 69.6%2018: 67.4%2019: 69.8%2020: 66%2021: 68.5%2022: 69%2023: 68.9%2024: 68.8%2025: 67.9%
Change over the period: +3.4 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde 67.9%
World computed 59.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.2%
Western Africa computed 50.1%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 50.3%
Services share of GDP — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 67.9 −0.9 pp
2024 68.8 −0.1 pp
2023 68.9 −0.1 pp
2022 69 +0.5 pp
2021 68.5 +2.6 pp
2020 66 −3.8 pp
2019 69.8 +2.4 pp
2018 67.4 −2.2 pp
2017 69.6 +0.3 pp
2016 69.3 +2.1 pp
2015 67.2 −0.4 pp
2014 67.5 −0.5 pp
2013 68 −0.6 pp
2012 68.7 +1.4 pp
2011 67.3 −0.2 pp
2010 67.4 +0.7 pp
2009 66.7 +0.2 pp
2008 66.5 −0.8 pp
2007 67.3 −5.3 pp
2006 72.6 +0.8 pp
2005 71.8 −0.1 pp
2004 71.9 +0.6 pp
2003 71.3 +0.7 pp
2002 70.6 +1.2 pp
2001 69.4 +4 pp
2000 65.4 +2.4 pp
1999 63 +0.3 pp
1998 62.7 +0.6 pp
1997 62.1 +3.5 pp
1996 58.6 +0.6 pp
1995 58 +1.4 pp
1994 56.6 −10.8 pp
1993 67.3 +11.5 pp
1992 55.8 −0.5 pp
1991 56.3 +0.7 pp
1990 55.5 −7.5 pp
1989 63 +0 pp
1988 63 −0.6 pp
1987 63.6 −4.9 pp
1986 68.5 −0.5 pp
1985 69 −1.5 pp
1984 70.5 −0.1 pp
1983 70.7 −0.9 pp
1982 71.6 +4.7 pp
1981 66.9 +2.4 pp
1980 64.5 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 67.9 TG Togo 61.7 NG Nigeria 58.2 GM Gambia 53.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 51.2 BJ Benin 50.1 SN Senegal 46.3 GH Ghana 42.9 MR Mauritania 42.4 SL Sierra Leone 41.6 BF Burkina Faso 41.5 LR Liberia 40 GW Guinea-Bissau 39.1 ML Mali 36.6 GN Guinea 35.7 NE Niger 31.1
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of value added by the service sector in GDP: wholesale and retail trade, transport, communications, finance, real estate, business and government services, education and health care. In most high-income countries it exceeds 70%; in small island states and tourism economies it reaches 80–90%.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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