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Services share of GDP — Ghana

Services share of GDP in Ghana in 2025 — 42.9%. Ranked 135 in the world out of 158. Since 1984, the indicator has risen by 7.8 pp.

2025 42.9% −0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 135of 158
Period maximum 48.2%2010
Period minimum 26.2%1996

Trend over time

1984–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Ghana, 1984–2025203040501984198919941999200420092014201920241984: 35%1985: 31.1%1986: 34.5%1987: 32.9%1988: 33.6%1989: 33.4%1990: 37.9%1991: 37.4%1992: 37.4%1993: 27.5%1994: 27.3%1995: 27.7%1996: 26.2%1997: 27.9%1998: 28.2%1999: 28.4%2000: 28.8%2001: 29.2%2002: 29.2%2003: 29.1%2004: 28.7%2005: 28.9%2006: 45.5%2007: 47.2%2008: 46.2%2009: 47.9%2010: 48.2%2011: 45.8%2012: 47.6%2013: 40.6%2014: 37.4%2015: 40.5%2016: 43.9%2017: 43.5%2018: 43.7%2019: 45.1%2020: 45.2%2021: 45.3%2022: 42.8%2023: 43.1%2024: 43.6%2025: 42.9%
Change over the period: +7.8 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Ghana 42.9%
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 — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 42.9 −0.8 pp
2024 43.6 +0.5 pp
2023 43.1 +0.3 pp
2022 42.8 −2.5 pp
2021 45.3 +0.1 pp
2020 45.2 +0 pp
2019 45.1 +1.5 pp
2018 43.7 +0.2 pp
2017 43.5 −0.4 pp
2016 43.9 +3.4 pp
2015 40.5 +3.1 pp
2014 37.4 −3.2 pp
2013 40.6 −7 pp
2012 47.6 +1.7 pp
2011 45.8 −2.3 pp
2010 48.2 +0.2 pp
2009 47.9 +1.8 pp
2008 46.2 −1 pp
2007 47.2 +1.7 pp
2006 45.5 +16.6 pp
2005 28.9 +0.2 pp
2004 28.7 −0.4 pp
2003 29.1 −0.1 pp
2002 29.2 +0.1 pp
2001 29.2 +0.3 pp
2000 28.8 +0.4 pp
1999 28.4 +0.2 pp
1998 28.2 +0.3 pp
1997 27.9 +1.6 pp
1996 26.2 −1.5 pp
1995 27.7 +0.4 pp
1994 27.3 −0.2 pp
1993 27.5 −9.9 pp
1992 37.4 +0 pp
1991 37.4 −0.5 pp
1990 37.9 +4.5 pp
1989 33.4 −0.2 pp
1988 33.6 +0.7 pp
1987 32.9 −1.7 pp
1986 34.5 +3.4 pp
1985 31.1 −3.9 pp
1984 35 —

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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