Services value added — all countries

Services value added — Sub-Saharan Africa

Services value added in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 1,109,332,242,399 US$. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 520%.

2025 1.11T US$ +11.82% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.13T US$2022
Period minimum 112B US$1985

Trend over time

1981–2025 · US$

Services value added — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1981–20250500B1T1.5T19811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 178,916,177,914 US$1982: 169,381,156,828 US$1983: 148,207,628,547 US$1984: 129,116,283,564 US$1985: 112,444,012,956 US$1986: 115,951,666,442 US$1987: 134,443,400,691 US$1988: 138,293,244,769 US$1989: 140,496,638,700 US$1990: 169,420,406,093 US$1991: 185,272,741,717 US$1992: 175,206,293,520 US$1993: 180,212,476,142 US$1994: 189,336,315,260 US$1995: 231,216,899,380 US$1996: 244,185,296,360 US$1997: 258,007,841,739 US$1998: 272,718,572,274 US$1999: 202,327,448,449 US$2000: 214,611,225,742 US$2001: 203,379,892,396 US$2002: 208,120,780,152 US$2003: 274,813,202,368 US$2004: 346,790,308,876 US$2005: 405,837,805,493 US$2006: 486,549,150,819 US$2007: 553,725,535,315 US$2008: 609,654,751,469 US$2009: 630,911,447,962 US$2010: 759,414,687,589 US$2011: 835,146,644,025 US$2012: 867,053,159,967 US$2013: 930,199,700,166 US$2014: 979,879,273,046 US$2015: 910,904,142,490 US$2016: 829,048,073,464 US$2017: 885,331,140,709 US$2018: 932,561,134,258 US$2019: 1,061,219,617,641 US$2020: 976,089,609,685 US$2021: 1,075,660,648,903 US$2022: 1,128,719,218,747 US$2023: 1,044,648,948,182 US$2024: 992,089,661,029 US$2025: 1,109,332,242,399 US$
Change over the period: +930B (+520.03%) Average annual rate: 4.23 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 1.11T US$
World computed 46.11T US$
Services value added — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1.11T +117B +11.82%
2024 992B −52.56B −5.03%
2023 1.04T −84.07B −7.45%
2022 1.13T +53.06B +4.93%
2021 1.08T +99.57B +10.2%
2020 976B −85.13B −8.02%
2019 1.06T +129B +13.8%
2018 933B +47.23B +5.33%
2017 885B +56.28B +6.79%
2016 829B −81.86B −8.99%
2015 911B −68.98B −7.04%
2014 980B +49.68B +5.34%
2013 930B +63.15B +7.28%
2012 867B +31.91B +3.82%
2011 835B +75.73B +9.97%
2010 759B +129B +20.37%
2009 631B +21.26B +3.49%
2008 610B +55.93B +10.1%
2007 554B +67.18B +13.81%
2006 487B +80.71B +19.89%
2005 406B +59.05B +17.03%
2004 347B +71.98B +26.19%
2003 275B +66.69B +32.05%
2002 208B +4.74B +2.33%
2001 203B −11.23B −5.23%
2000 215B +12.28B +6.07%
1999 202B −70.39B −25.81%
1998 273B +14.71B +5.7%
1997 258B +13.82B +5.66%
1996 244B +12.97B +5.61%
1995 231B +41.88B +22.12%
1994 189B +9.12B +5.06%
1993 180B +5.01B +2.86%
1992 175B −10.07B −5.43%
1991 185B +15.85B +9.36%
1990 169B +28.92B +20.59%
1989 140B +2.2B +1.59%
1988 138B +3.85B +2.86%
1987 134B +18.49B +15.95%
1986 116B +3.51B +3.12%
1985 112B −16.67B −12.91%
1984 129B −19.09B −12.88%
1983 148B −21.17B −12.5%
1982 169B −9.54B −5.33%
1981 179B

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.