Services, value added in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Services, value added was 5.5% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Services, value added in Zimbabwe, 1970–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Zimbabwe stood at 5.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 103.6% on the previous year and up 118.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Zimbabwe peaked at 65.1% in 2009 and was at its lowest, -12.5%, in 2020.
Zimbabwe ranks 41st of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.0% | -1.9% | 60.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.6% | -2.4% | 34.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.7% | 0.4% | 7.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.2% | -12.1% | 65.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.7% | -5.5% | 20.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | -12.5% | 6.9% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Zimbabwe
- DEC alternative conversion factor 31.8 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 61.99 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 3.13 billion current US$ (2024)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 86.16 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 2.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -19.27 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -606.13 million current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 94,934 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 2,660 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 1.61 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Zimbabwe?
- Services, value added in Zimbabwe was 5.5% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 65.1% in 2009.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was -12.5% in 2020.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for services, value added?
- Zimbabwe ranks 41st out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 118.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.