Services share of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa
Services produced 50.2% of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025
50.2%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2024
63.3%
Services share of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.2% | – |
| 2024 | 49.9% | 63.3% |
| 2023 | 49.3% | 63.0% |
| 2022 | 49.3% | 62.3% |
| 2021 | 50.3% | 64.1% |
| 2020 | 51.3% | 65.4% |
| 2019 | 51.9% | 64.9% |
| 2018 | 51.8% | 64.3% |
| 2017 | 52.9% | 64.5% |
| 2016 | 54.1% | 65.0% |
| 2015 | 54.0% | 64.4% |
| 2014 | 51.5% | 63.2% |
| 2013 | 51.0% | 62.9% |
| 2012 | 50.5% | 62.7% |
| 2011 | 50.6% | 62.6% |
| 2010 | 51.7% | 63.3% |
| 2009 | 50.8% | 64.7% |
| 2008 | 46.9% | 62.8% |
| 2007 | 48.4% | 63.2% |
| 2006 | 49.2% | 63.6% |
| 2005 | 48.5% | 64.3% |
| 2004 | 49.3% | 64.8% |
| 2003 | 48.6% | 65.5% |
| 2002 | 46.3% | 65.7% |
| 2001 | 49.5% | 65.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 49.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 54.0%, the figure has changed by −3.8 percentage points.
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GDP per capita in US dollars
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GDP per capita, PPP
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GNI per capita, Atlas method
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Real GDP growth
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