Zambia: Services, value added (constant 2015 US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Zambia's services, value added (constant 2015 US$) rose 0.8% on 2024 (from US$17.96 billion to US$18.11 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.9% and a typical year strayed about 4.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 16.9% in 1996 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.7% in 1994. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$693.74 million a year. A straight line explains 88% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Zambia had the 94th highest value of the 161 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Zambia in the 2025 ranking

• Honduras — 90th of 161: US$19.93 billion
• Georgia — 91st of 161: US$19.26 billion
• Nepal — 92nd of 161: US$18.48 billion
• Estonia — 94th of 161: US$17.97 billion
• El Salvador — 95th of 161: US$17.77 billion
• Malta — 96th of 161: US$16.32 billion

What this measures

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 defense, 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 constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Limitations: In the services industries, including most of government, value added in constant prices is often imputed from labor inputs, such as real wages or number of employees. In the absence of well defined measures of output, measuring the growth of services remains difficult.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 61 values

Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) in nearby economies

• Angola — US$60.49 billion (2025)
• Benin — US$9.88 billion (2025)
• Botswana — US$11.95 billion (2025)
• Burkina Faso — US$8.68 billion (2025)
• Burundi — US$1.93 billion (2025)
• Cabo Verde — US$1.7 billion (2025)
• Cameroon — US$22.75 billion (2025)
• Central African Republic — US$730.64 million (2025)
• Chad — US$4.93 billion (2025)
• Comoros — US$693.17 million (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Zambia

• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$1.19 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 29.79 billion (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 4.11% (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$2.53 billion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 63.49 billion (2025)
• Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.75% (2025)
• Industry, including construction, value added (current US$) — US$10.2 billion (2025)
• Industry, including construction, value added (current LCU) — 256.39 billion (2025)
• Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

What is Zambia's services, value added (constant 2015 US$)?

US$18.11 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1965?

It is up 701.82% from US$2.26 billion in 1965 (3.53% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$18.11 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$2.05 billion in 1966.

How does Zambia rank?

94th highest of 161 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in services, value added (constant 2015 US$) unusual for Zambia?

In 2025, Zambia's services, value added (constant 2015 US$) rose 0.8% on 2024 (from US$17.96 billion to US$18.11 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.9% and a typical year strayed about 4.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.SRV.TOTL.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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