Services, value added in Ghana
Ghana: Services, value added was 42.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Ghana, 1984–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Ghana stood at 42.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Ghana peaked at 48.2% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 26.2%, in 1996.
Ghana ranks 177th of 205 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 33.4% | 31.1% | 35.0% | 6 |
| 1990s | 30.6% | 26.2% | 37.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.1% | 28.7% | 47.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.6% | 37.4% | 48.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.8% | 42.8% | 45.3% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Ghana
- DEC alternative conversion factor 12.56 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 12.07 billion current LCU (2017)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 2.77 billion current US$ (2017)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 94.62 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 7.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -87.71 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -6.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 38,398 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 2,630 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 1.35 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Ghana?
- Services, value added in Ghana was 42.9% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 48.2% in 2010.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.2% in 1996.
- How does Ghana rank for services, value added?
- Ghana ranks 177th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.