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Services share of GDP — all countries

Services share of GDP — Zambia

Services share of GDP in Zambia in 2025 — 57%. Ranked 78 in the world out of 158. Since 1983, the indicator has risen by 26.4 pp.

2025 57% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 78of 158
Period maximum 57.2%2024
Period minimum 21.5%1993

Trend over time

1983–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Zambia, 1983–202520304050601983198819931998200320082013201820231983: 30.6%1984: 35.1%1985: 34.7%1986: 33.2%1987: 38.3%1988: 33.7%1989: 23.7%1990: 24.8%1991: 28.6%1992: 24.3%1993: 21.5%1994: 38%1995: 39.7%1996: 41.5%1997: 41.5%1998: 44.8%1999: 47.5%2000: 49%2001: 49.1%2002: 49.7%2003: 49.7%2004: 48.8%2005: 49%2006: 47.5%2007: 47.5%2008: 49%2009: 51.6%2010: 52.8%2011: 50.4%2012: 53.2%2013: 53.1%2014: 53.5%2015: 56.2%2016: 54.2%2017: 52.1%2018: 54.2%2019: 54.6%2020: 53.7%2021: 50.9%2022: 55.5%2023: 56.8%2024: 57.2%2025: 57%
Change over the period: +26.4 pp Annual average: 0.63 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Zambia 57%
World computed 59.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.2%
Eastern Africa computed 44.7%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 50.3%
Services share of GDP — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 57 −0.2 pp
2024 57.2 +0.4 pp
2023 56.8 +1.3 pp
2022 55.5 +4.6 pp
2021 50.9 −2.7 pp
2020 53.7 −0.9 pp
2019 54.6 +0.4 pp
2018 54.2 +2.2 pp
2017 52.1 −2.1 pp
2016 54.2 −2 pp
2015 56.2 +2.7 pp
2014 53.5 +0.4 pp
2013 53.1 −0.1 pp
2012 53.2 +2.8 pp
2011 50.4 −2.4 pp
2010 52.8 +1.3 pp
2009 51.6 +2.5 pp
2008 49 +1.6 pp
2007 47.5 −0.1 pp
2006 47.5 −1.4 pp
2005 49 +0.1 pp
2004 48.8 −0.9 pp
2003 49.7 −0 pp
2002 49.7 +0.6 pp
2001 49.1 +0.1 pp
2000 49 +1.5 pp
1999 47.5 +2.7 pp
1998 44.8 +3.4 pp
1997 41.5 −0.1 pp
1996 41.5 +1.9 pp
1995 39.7 +1.6 pp
1994 38 +16.6 pp
1993 21.5 −2.9 pp
1992 24.3 −4.3 pp
1991 28.6 +3.8 pp
1990 24.8 +1.2 pp
1989 23.7 −10 pp
1988 33.7 −4.6 pp
1987 38.3 +5.1 pp
1986 33.2 −1.5 pp
1985 34.7 −0.4 pp
1984 35.1 +4.5 pp
1983 30.6 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

DJ Djibouti 75.7 SC Seychelles 67.9 MU Mauritius 63.9 ZM Zambia 57 KE Kenya 55.1 RW Rwanda 52.3 MG Madagascar 48.8 KM Comoros 48.8 MW Malawi 48.7 ZW Zimbabwe 48.2 UG Uganda 42.1 BI Burundi 42.1 MZ Mozambique 42 ET Ethiopia 36.6 TZ Tanzania 28.8
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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