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Services, real growth

Annual growth of services value added, after inflation.

Why it matters

Reflects consumer demand, finance, telecoms and tourism, the sectors most consumer investors target.

Read with care

Informal services are estimated with limited survey data.

Source

World Bank

% a year. 52 African countries, 1990 to 2025.

Services growth: highest in DRC, lowest in Mozambique

Services, real growth, % a year. Latest year available, 2025. 16 of 16 countries have data.

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Ranked: services growthiWhy it mattersReflects consumer demand, finance, telecoms and tourism, the sectors most consumer investors target.

Click a country to highlight it.

-2%0%2%4%6%DRC6.8%Eswatini6.2%Tanzania5.8%Angola5.6%Zimbabwe5.5%Seychelles4.4%Namibia4.2%Lesotho4.0%Comoros3.6%Mauritius3.6%Madagascar3.2%Botswana2.8%Malawi2.1%Zambia0.8%South Africa0.0%Mozambique-2.0%median 3.8%
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How spread out SADC is
Median 3.8%Lowest: Mozambique -2.0%Highest: DRC 6.8%

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Services, real growth against income per person

Each bubble is a SADC country, sized by population. Dashed lines mark the SADC medians. Countries far from the pattern are worth a closer look.

-2.0%0.0%2.0%4.0%6.0%$1,000$3,000$10kGDP per person, US$ (log scale)Services growthDRCTanzaniaSouth AfricaAngolaMozambiqueMadagascarMalawiZambia
Source: World Bank, World Bank·dotzedw Insights Centre

Table

The same figures as the map, for screen readers and copying.
RankCountryValueYearFive-year changeGradeDetails
1DRC6.8%2025up 7.6 points since 2020A
2Eswatini6.2%2025up 2.8 points since 2020A
3Tanzania5.8%2025up 4.9 points since 2020A
4Angola5.6%2025up 11.4 points since 2020A
5Zimbabwe5.5%2025up 18.0 points since 2020A
6Seychelles4.4%2025up 19.2 points since 2020A
7Namibia4.2%2025up 9.9 points since 2020A
8Lesotho4.0%2025up 9.7 points since 2020A
9Comoros3.6%2025up 5.6 points since 2020A
10Mauritius3.6%2025up 16.5 points since 2020A
11Madagascar3.2%2025up 8.0 points since 2020A
12Botswana2.8%2025up 4.1 points since 2020A
13Malawi2.1%2025up 2.5 points since 2020A
14Zambia0.8%2025up 6.9 points since 2020A
15South Africa0.0%2025up 4.4 points since 2020A
16Mozambique-2.0%2025up 0.7 points since 2020A