Services, value added in Zambia
Zambia: Services, value added was 0.8% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Services, value added in Zambia, 1966–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Zambia is 0.8%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 85.0% on the previous year and down 62.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Zambia peaked at 16.9% in 1996 and was at its lowest, -10.7%, in 1994.
That places Zambia 171st out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1% | -9.3% | 12.9% | 4 |
| 1970s | 1.5% | -6.7% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.3% | -9.6% | 12.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.2% | -10.7% | 16.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.3% | 5.3% | 11.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.4% | 1.7% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.7% | -6.1% | 12.0% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Zambia
- DEC alternative conversion factor 25.13 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 16.91 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 673.13 million current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 25.61 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 1.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -64.49 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -2.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 30,170 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 1,200 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 661.15 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Zambia?
- Services, value added in Zambia was 0.8% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.9% in 1996.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was -10.7% in 1994.
- How does Zambia rank for services, value added?
- Zambia ranks 171st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia 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.