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South Africa: Services, value added (% of GDP)

63.07percent · 2025-1.6% 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 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. Annual figures for South Africa from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202563.066
202462.992
202362.721
202262.272
202162.745
202064.61
201964.347
201864.253
201764.33
201663.913
201564.103
201464.012
201364.054
201264.305
201164.342
201064.275
200963.636
200861.537
200762.755
200663.499
200562.645
200462.53
200362.577
200260.792
200160.783
200061.186
199961.406
199860.402
199759.962
199659.215
199558.231
199457.314
199357.31
199256.949
199154.181
199052.439
198951.315
198850.979
198751.589
198650.486
198550.722
198451.249
198350.675
198249.471
198148.086
198046.895
197949.356
197851.602
197752.93
197652.536
197552.171
197452.434
197354.109
197255.524
197156.145
197055.41
196954.598
196855.191
196754.013
196653.482
196553.348
196453.841
196353.824
196254.137
196153.976
196054.169

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Published by World Bank, produced by National statistical offices, Central banks, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Services, value added (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-services-value-added-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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