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Value added in the services sector as percent of GDP, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 51 countries was 47.33 percent. The highest value was in Djibouti: 76.94 percent and the lowest value was in Sudan: 7.48 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. 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, 2023 Global rank Available data
Djibouti 76.94 1 2013 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 75.87 2 2008 - 2023
Cape Verde 70.02 3 1980 - 2023
Seychelles 67.96 4 1976 - 2023
Mauritius 64.9 5 1976 - 2023
South Africa 62.61 6 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 62.41 7 1964 - 2023
Tunisia 62.11 8 1965 - 2023
Botswana 59.42 9 1960 - 2023
Zambia 56.82 10 1983 - 2023
Kenya 55.42 11 2006 - 2023
Ivory Coast 54.56 12 1960 - 2023
Morocco 54.28 13 1980 - 2023
Gambia 53.64 14 1966 - 2023
Namibia 53.4 15 1980 - 2023
Togo 51.73 16 1963 - 2023
Swaziland 51.3 17 1965 - 2023
Egypt 51.28 18 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 50.57 19 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 50.37 20 2006 - 2023
Cameroon 50.18 21 1965 - 2023
Comoros 49.58 22 1980 - 2023
Senegal 49.18 23 1980 - 2023
Burundi 48.77 24 1970 - 2023
Benin 47.72 25 1960 - 2023
Malawi 47.53 26 1980 - 2023
G.-Bissau 46.06 27 1970 - 2023
Algeria 45.62 28 1999 - 2023
Madagascar 44.65 29 1966 - 2023
Rwanda 44.34 30 1965 - 2023
Mauritania 43.83 31 1961 - 2023
Burkina Faso 43.64 32 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 42.77 33 1981 - 2023
Uganda 42.51 34 1960 - 2023
Ghana 42.46 35 1984 - 2023
Sierra Leone 41.98 36 1964 - 2023
Mozambique 40.82 37 1991 - 2023
C.A. Republic 40.51 38 2009 - 2023
R. of Congo 40.43 39 1960 - 2023
Angola 39.79 40 1995 - 2023
Gabon 38.21 41 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 36.98 42 1981 - 2023
Guinea 36.92 43 1986 - 2023
Mali 36.67 44 1967 - 2023
Liberia 36.27 45 2000 - 2023
DR Congo 33.53 46 1994 - 2023
Chad 28.7 47 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 28.7 48 1990 - 2023
Niger 26.93 49 1960 - 2023
Libya 25.42 50 2006 - 2023
Sudan 7.48 51 1982 - 2023


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Definition: Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99 and they include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3 or 4.

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