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South Africa: Services, value added (current LCU)

4.82Tcurrent LCU · 2025+70.1% since 2015

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 in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units. Annual figures for South Africa from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
20254,819,365,618,600
20244,631,468,268,600
20234,414,069,426,400
20224,151,410,698,100
20213,894,453,805,600
20203,594,113,573,400
20193,619,668,805,700
20183,446,020,184,800
20173,266,821,192,300
20163,041,993,206,900
20152,833,841,878,500
20142,646,165,781,600
20132,478,002,437,600
20122,293,346,462,700
20112,140,695,181,700
20101,964,003,409,600
20091,778,137,658,900
20081,607,122,931,000
20071,472,628,685,200
20061,306,560,451,200
20051,150,785,370,600
20041,033,258,816,400
2003932,646,123,400
2002827,181,280,900
2001708,695,404,100
2000644,372,835,800
1999568,433,749,600
1998510,842,436,300
1997466,893,333,100
1996415,573,069,900
1995362,724,151,700
1994312,414,808,000
1993275,655,881,600
1992238,686,000,000
1991202,280,000,000
1990171,018,000,000
1989145,424,000,000
1988120,508,000,000
1987101,399,000,000
198684,623,000,000
198572,866,000,000
198464,167,000,000
198354,314,000,000
198246,145,000,000
198139,305,000,000
198032,656,000,000
197926,198,000,000
197823,157,000,000
197720,863,000,000
197618,799,000,000
197516,554,000,000
197414,746,000,000
197312,490,000,000
197210,464,000,000
19719,401,000,000
19708,398,000,000
19697,510,000,000
19686,751,000,000
19676,104,000,000
19665,429,000,000
19654,980,000,000
19644,598,000,000
19634,173,000,000
19623,795,000,000
19613,557,000,000
19603,385,000,000

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Published by World Bank, produced by National statistical offices, Central banks, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Services, value added (current LCU). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-services-value-added-cn (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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