Services, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Services, value added was 3.9% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Services, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1982–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 3.9% for services, value added in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 9.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, -3.5%, in 2020.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.3% | 1.0% | 4.4% | 8 |
| 1990s | 2.5% | 0.3% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.5% | 3.2% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 1.3% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | -3.5% | 4.4% | 6 |
More economy & growth data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Final consumption expenditure 1.88 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 202.74 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 212.72 billion current US$ (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure 82.6% (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 2.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Gross national expenditure 2.71 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Exports of goods and services 616.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Gross national expenditure 2.48 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita growth 1.9% (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure 4.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Services, value added in Sub-Saharan Africa was 3.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was -3.5% in 2020.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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 denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.