Brazil vs South Africa: Services, value added
Services, value added over time
- Brazil
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 3.16 trillion constant LCU against 2.81 trillion constant LCU in Brazil, a difference of 358.46 billion constant LCU.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was South Africa ahead.
Globally, Brazil ranks 57th and South Africa ranks 55th of 198 countries.
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About this data
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 in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.