Sub-Saharan Africa
Services, value added (% of GDP)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Sao Tome and Principe leads Services, value added (% of GDP) in 2025 at 81.39%, while Tanzania sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 28.76%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.020.340.761.081.4Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe: 81.39%81.4SeychellesSeychelles: 67.93%67.9Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 67.92%67.9BotswanaBotswana: 64.63%64.6MauritiusMauritius: 63.87%63.9South AfricaSouth Africa: 63.07%63.1TogoTogo: 61.71%61.7NigeriaNigeria: 58.23%58.2ZambiaZambia: 57.03%57.0LesothoLesotho: 55.60%55.6Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 55.51%55.5KenyaKenya: 55.05%55.1

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Sao Tome and Principe 81.39%
2 Seychelles 67.93%
3 Cabo Verde 67.92%
4 Botswana 64.63%
5 Mauritius 63.87%
6 South Africa 63.07%
7 Togo 61.71%
8 Nigeria 58.23%
9 Zambia 57.03%
10 Lesotho 55.60%
11 Equatorial Guinea 55.51%
12 Kenya 55.05%
13 Namibia 54.98%
14 Congo, Rep. 54.28%
15 Gambia, The 53.07%
16 Eswatini 52.43%
17 Rwanda 52.33%
18 Cote d'Ivoire 51.17%
19 Cameroon 50.36%
20 Benin 50.06%
21 Madagascar 48.83%
22 Comoros 48.81%
23 Malawi 48.66%
24 Zimbabwe 48.17%
25 Congo, Dem. Rep. 47.96%
26 Angola 46.83%
27 Senegal 46.33%
28 Ghana 42.87%
29 Mauritania 42.37%
30 Gabon 42.34%
31 Uganda 42.09%
32 Burundi 42.05%
33 Mozambique 42.02%
34 Sierra Leone 41.60%
35 Burkina Faso 41.52%
36 Central African Republic 41.38%
37 Liberia 39.97%
38 Guinea-Bissau 39.07%
39 Sudan 36.99%
40 Ethiopia 36.57%
41 Mali 36.56%
42 Guinea 35.73%
43 Chad 33.89%
44 Niger 31.09%
45 Tanzania 28.76%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Services, value added (% of GDP) in 2025, Sao Tome and Principe leads with a gap of 13.46% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 45 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Tanzania at 28.76%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.