Trade in services (% of GDP) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Trade in services is the sum of service exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

Find indicator:
Rank Country Value Year
1 Seychelles 109.99 2020
2 Equatorial Guinea 81.50 1996
3 Djibouti 42.07 2020
4 Cabo Verde 29.83 2020
5 Ghana 28.78 2020
6 Congo 24.04 2016
7 Mauritius 23.90 2020
8 Mozambique 23.27 2020
9 Chad 21.55 1994
10 Lesotho 21.43 2020
11 Morocco 18.26 2020
12 Central African Republic 17.27 1994
13 Guinea 16.91 2020
14 São Tomé and Principe 16.66 2020
15 Gabon 14.98 2015
16 Libya 14.36 2019
17 Mali 14.03 2020
18 Sudan 13.73 2020
19 Senegal 13.49 2018
20 Eritrea 12.65 2000
21 Togo 12.57 2020
22 Burundi 12.52 2018
23 Mauritania 12.50 2020
24 Comoros 12.23 2020
25 Madagascar 11.90 2020
26 Uganda 11.61 2020
27 The Gambia 11.50 2020
28 Guinea-Bissau 10.54 2020
29 Tunisia 10.53 2020
30 Botswana 10.33 2020
31 Rwanda 10.08 2020
32 Burkina Faso 9.87 2020
33 Angola 9.71 2020
34 Liberia 9.67 2019
35 Niger 9.45 2020
36 Cameroon 9.38 2020
37 Ethiopia 9.17 2020
38 Egypt 9.10 2020
39 Zambia 8.86 2020
40 Namibia 8.34 2020
41 Benin 8.31 2020
42 Algeria 7.22 2020
43 Kenya 7.03 2020
44 Eswatini 6.68 2020
45 Côte d'Ivoire 6.31 2020
46 Sierra Leone 6.15 2020
47 Zimbabwe 6.10 2020
48 South Africa 5.95 2020
49 Dem. Rep. Congo 5.82 2020
50 Tanzania 5.57 2020
51 Nigeria 5.51 2020
52 Malawi 4.60 2020

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.