Services value added — all countries

Services value added — Southern Africa

Services value added in Southern Africa in 2025 — 294,715,108,336 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6,098.8%.

2025 295B US$ +6.77% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 313B US$2011
Period minimum 4.75B US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Services value added — Southern Africa, 1960–20250100B200B300B400B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4,754,377,315 US$1962: 5,332,288,394 US$1964: 6,460,969,608 US$1966: 7,666,246,401 US$1968: 9,535,871,536 US$1970: 11,859,607,785 US$1972: 13,750,981,405 US$1974: 21,959,451,902 US$1976: 21,880,684,135 US$1978: 26,990,083,927 US$1980: 43,586,562,908 US$1982: 44,357,086,965 US$1984: 45,372,289,050 US$1986: 38,736,659,206 US$1988: 55,506,893,558 US$1990: 69,580,679,000 US$1992: 88,130,982,046 US$1994: 92,994,194,738 US$1996: 102,320,799,358 US$1998: 97,969,965,207 US$2000: 98,777,578,009 US$2002: 83,873,086,790 US$2004: 170,070,576,325 US$2006: 204,241,276,165 US$2008: 206,642,918,914 US$2010: 284,661,563,218 US$2012: 297,676,118,511 US$2014: 262,794,499,469 US$2016: 224,190,695,969 US$2018: 282,009,997,528 US$2020: 237,704,010,515 US$2022: 275,838,903,913 US$2024: 276,036,311,321 US$2025: 294,715,108,336 US$
Change over the period: +290B (+6,098.82%) Average annual rate: 6.56 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Southern Africa 295B US$
World computed 46.11T US$
Services value added — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 295B +18.68B +6.77%
2024 276B +15.2B +5.83%
2023 261B −15B −5.44%
2022 276B −9.88B −3.46%
2021 286B +48.02B +20.2%
2020 238B −34.01B −12.52%
2019 272B −10.29B −3.65%
2018 282B +16.36B +6.16%
2017 266B +41.46B +18.49%
2016 224B −15.46B −6.45%
2015 240B −23.14B −8.81%
2014 263B −12.28B −4.47%
2013 275B −22.6B −7.59%
2012 298B −15.4B −4.92%
2011 313B +28.42B +9.98%
2010 285B +61.61B +27.62%
2009 223B +16.41B +7.94%
2008 207B −14.26B −6.46%
2007 221B +16.66B +8.16%
2006 204B +12.45B +6.49%
2005 192B +21.72B +12.77%
2004 170B +38.6B +29.36%
2003 131B +47.6B +56.75%
2002 83.87B −4B −4.55%
2001 87.87B −10.9B −11.04%
2000 98.78B −30.97M −0.03%
1999 98.81B +839M +0.86%
1998 97.97B −9.24B −8.62%
1997 107B +4.89B +4.78%
1996 102B −3.35B −3.17%
1995 106B +12.68B +13.64%
1994 92.99B +4.08B +4.59%
1993 88.91B +780M +0.89%
1992 88.13B +11.04B +14.32%
1991 77.09B +7.51B +10.8%
1990 69.58B +11.46B +19.71%
1989 58.12B +2.62B +4.71%
1988 55.51B +3.41B +6.55%
1987 52.1B +13.36B +34.49%
1986 38.74B +4.58B +13.41%
1985 34.16B −11.21B −24.72%
1984 45.37B −5.47B −10.76%
1983 50.84B +6.49B +14.62%
1982 44.36B −2.26B −4.85%
1981 46.62B +3.03B +6.96%
1980 43.59B +12.03B +38.12%
1979 31.56B +4.57B +16.92%
1978 26.99B +2.69B +11.08%
1977 24.3B +2.42B +11.05%
1976 21.88B −756M −3.34%
1975 22.64B +677M +3.08%
1974 21.96B +3.76B +20.68%
1973 18.2B +4.45B +32.33%
1972 13.75B +468M +3.52%
1971 13.28B +1.42B +12%
1970 11.86B +1.25B +11.82%
1969 10.61B +1.07B +11.23%
1968 9.54B +918M +10.65%
1967 8.62B +952M +12.42%
1966 7.67B +645M +9.19%
1965 7.02B +560M +8.67%
1964 6.46B +596M +10.16%
1963 5.86B +533M +9.99%
1962 5.33B +335M +6.71%
1961 5B +242M +5.1%
1960 4.75B

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.