Services value added — all countries

Services value added — South Africa

Services value added in South Africa in 2025 — 269,407,638,209 US$. Ranked 29 in the world out of 158. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 5,584.9%.

2025 269B US$ +6.62% vs 2024
World rank 29of 158
Period maximum 295B US$2011
Period minimum 4.74B US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Services value added — South Africa, 1960–20250100B200B300B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4,738,998,104 US$1962: 5,312,997,875 US$1964: 6,437,197,425 US$1966: 7,600,596,960 US$1968: 9,451,396,219 US$1970: 11,757,195,297 US$1972: 13,612,149,989 US$1974: 21,701,985,498 US$1976: 21,618,855,405 US$1978: 26,630,556,658 US$1980: 41,929,345,663 US$1982: 42,497,992,293 US$1984: 43,494,882,656 US$1986: 37,033,617,035 US$1988: 53,006,244,205 US$1990: 66,098,485,654 US$1992: 83,690,332,516 US$1994: 87,984,393,367 US$1996: 96,659,533,781 US$1998: 92,405,244,792 US$2000: 92,851,413,003 US$2002: 78,474,635,707 US$2004: 159,954,786,768 US$2006: 192,948,533,814 US$2008: 194,538,136,908 US$2010: 268,261,693,144 US$2012: 279,339,146,969 US$2014: 244,012,188,927 US$2016: 206,814,506,071 US$2018: 260,392,886,042 US$2020: 218,366,282,577 US$2022: 253,818,048,994 US$2024: 252,689,982,464 US$2025: 269,407,638,209 US$
Change over the period: +265B (+5,584.91%) Average annual rate: 6.41 %

Comparison, 2025

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

South Africa 269B US$
World computed 46.11T US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.11T US$
Southern Africa computed 295B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 18.01T US$
Services value added — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 269B +16.72B +6.62%
2024 253B +13.45B +5.62%
2023 239B −14.58B −5.74%
2022 254B −9.7B −3.68%
2021 264B +45.15B +20.68%
2020 218B −32.16B −12.84%
2019 251B −9.87B −3.79%
2018 260B +15.01B +6.11%
2017 245B +38.57B +18.65%
2016 207B −15.44B −6.95%
2015 222B −21.76B −8.92%
2014 244B −12.77B −4.97%
2013 257B −22.56B −8.08%
2012 279B −15.48B −5.25%
2011 295B +26.55B +9.9%
2010 268B +58.42B +27.84%
2009 210B +15.3B +7.87%
2008 195B −14.48B −6.93%
2007 209B +16.07B +8.33%
2006 193B +11.99B +6.62%
2005 181B +21.01B +13.13%
2004 160B +36.67B +29.74%
2003 123B +44.81B +57.11%
2002 78.47B −3.84B −4.67%
2001 82.32B −10.53B −11.34%
2000 92.85B −190M −0.2%
1999 93.04B +636M +0.69%
1998 92.41B −8.92B −8.8%
1997 101B +4.66B +4.82%
1996 96.66B −3.34B −3.34%
1995 100B +12.02B +13.66%
1994 87.98B +3.63B +4.3%
1993 84.36B +666M +0.8%
1992 83.69B +10.44B +14.25%
1991 73.25B +7.16B +10.83%
1990 66.1B +10.65B +19.21%
1989 55.45B +2.44B +4.61%
1988 53.01B +3.2B +6.43%
1987 49.8B +12.77B +34.48%
1986 37.03B +4.34B +13.27%
1985 32.69B −10.8B −24.83%
1984 43.49B −5.26B −10.78%
1983 48.75B +6.25B +14.71%
1982 42.5B −2.29B −5.11%
1981 44.79B +2.86B +6.82%
1980 41.93B +10.82B +34.76%
1979 31.11B +4.48B +16.83%
1978 26.63B +2.64B +11%
1977 23.99B +2.37B +10.98%
1976 21.62B −766M −3.42%
1975 22.39B +683M +3.15%
1974 21.7B +3.7B +20.58%
1973 18B +4.39B +32.22%
1972 13.61B +468M +3.56%
1971 13.14B +1.39B +11.8%
1970 11.76B +1.24B +11.82%
1969 10.51B +1.06B +11.24%
1968 9.45B +906M +10.6%
1967 8.55B +945M +12.43%
1966 7.6B +629M +9.02%
1965 6.97B +535M +8.31%
1964 6.44B +595M +10.18%
1963 5.84B +529M +9.96%
1962 5.31B +333M +6.69%
1961 4.98B +241M +5.08%
1960 4.74B

Southern Africa, 2025

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About the indicator

Value added by the service sector in current US dollars: trade, transport, communications, finance, real estate, public administration, education, health care and everything else that is neither industry nor agriculture. In most advanced countries this is two thirds of the economy or more, and in absolute figures the sector is larger than industry almost everywhere except a few manufacturing economies of East Asia.

Important: A residual category by definition: everything not assigned to agriculture or industry. Its composition is therefore harder to compare across countries than its size.

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