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Value added in the services sector as percent of GDP, 2025:

The average for 2025 based on 51 countries was 49.29 percent. The highest value was in Sao Tome and Principe: 81.39 percent and the lowest value was in Libya: 26.91 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2025. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Share of services, 2025 Global rank Available data
S.T.&Principe 81.39 1 2008 - 2025
Djibouti 75.66 2 2013 - 2025
Seychelles 67.93 3 1976 - 2025
Cape Verde 67.92 4 1980 - 2025
Botswana 64.63 5 1960 - 2025
Mauritius 63.87 6 1976 - 2025
South Africa 63.07 7 1960 - 2025
Tunisia 62.69 8 1965 - 2025
Togo 61.71 9 1963 - 2025
Nigeria 58.23 10 1981 - 2025
Zambia 57.03 11 1983 - 2025
Lesotho 55.6 12 1960 - 2025
Eq. Guinea 55.51 13 2006 - 2025
Kenya 55.05 14 2006 - 2025
Namibia 54.98 15 1980 - 2025
R. of Congo 54.28 16 1960 - 2025
Gambia 53.07 17 1966 - 2025
Swaziland 52.43 18 1965 - 2025
Rwanda 52.33 19 1965 - 2025
Morocco 52.31 20 1980 - 2025
Ivory Coast 51.17 21 1960 - 2025
Cameroon 50.36 22 1965 - 2025
Benin 50.06 23 1960 - 2025
Madagascar 48.83 24 1966 - 2025
Comoros 48.81 25 1980 - 2025
Malawi 48.66 26 1980 - 2025
Zimbabwe 48.17 27 1964 - 2025
DR Congo 47.96 28 1994 - 2025
Egypt 47.31 29 1960 - 2025
Angola 46.83 30 2002 - 2025
Senegal 46.33 31 1980 - 2025
Algeria 45.68 32 1999 - 2025
Ghana 42.87 33 1984 - 2025
Mauritania 42.37 34 1961 - 2025
Gabon 42.34 35 1960 - 2025
Uganda 42.09 36 1960 - 2025
Burundi 42.05 37 1970 - 2025
Mozambique 42.02 38 1991 - 2025
Sierra Leone 41.6 39 1964 - 2025
Burkina Faso 41.52 40 1960 - 2025
C.A. Republic 41.38 41 2009 - 2025
Liberia 39.97 42 2000 - 2025
G.-Bissau 39.07 43 1970 - 2025
Sudan 36.99 44 1982 - 2025
Ethiopia 36.57 45 1981 - 2025
Mali 36.56 46 1967 - 2025
Guinea 35.73 47 1986 - 2025
Chad 33.89 48 1960 - 2025
Niger 31.09 49 1960 - 2025
Tanzania 28.76 50 1990 - 2025
Libya 26.91 51 2006 - 2025


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Definition: Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

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