Services, value added in Congo
Congo: Services, value added was 54.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Services, value added in Congo, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Congo stood at 54.3%.
That represents a change of up 20.6% on the previous year and up 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Congo peaked at 62.8% in 1969 and was at its lowest, 22.5%, in 2000.
Congo ranks 129th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61.3% | 59.4% | 62.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 56.2% | 48.9% | 62.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.9% | 36.5% | 56.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 44.1% | 30.4% | 53.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.2% | 22.5% | 35.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.0% | 25.4% | 47.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.9% | 37.3% | 54.3% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Congo
- DEC alternative conversion factor 581.93 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 172.96 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 297.23 million current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 512.42 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 880.56 million current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -992.51 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -1.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 1.31 million current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 2,280 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 8.50 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Congo?
- Services, value added in Congo was 54.3% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 62.8% in 1969.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.5% in 2000.
- How does Congo rank for services, value added?
- Congo ranks 129th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). 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 is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.