Economy of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has a developing economy. It generates $149.68 billion within its formal economy in PPP terms which translates to 35.9% of the total economy. Agriculture and mining largely contribute... Wikipedia

  • Currency:  Zimbabwe Gold
  • Fiscal year:  calendar year
  • Trade organisations:  AU, AfCFTA, WTO, SADC, COMESA
  • Population:  17,207,257 (2026)
  • GDP:  $56.71 billion (nominal, 2025), $127.3 billion (PPP, 2025)
  • GDP rank:  93rd (nominal, 2025), 93rd (PPP, 2025)
  • GDP growth:  2.0% (2024), 6.0% (2025)
  • GDP per capita:  $3,200 (nominal, 2025), $8,443 (PPP, 2025)
  • GDP per capita rank:  149th (nominal, 2025), 151st (PPP, 2025)
  • GDP by sector:  agriculture: 12%, industry: 22.2%, services: 65.8%, (2017 est.)
  • Inflation (CPI):  172.2% (2023 est.)
  • Population below poverty line:  1.0% (2017), 1.0% on less than $3.20/day (2017)
  • Gini coefficient:  44.3 medium (2017)
  • Human Development Index:  0.563 medium (2018) (150th), 0.435 low IHDI (2018)
  • Labour force:  6,560,725 (2023), 58.6% employment rate (2022)
  • Labour force by occupation:  agriculture: 67.5%, industry: 7.3%, services: 25.2%, (2017 est.)
  • Unemployment:  11.3% (2014 est.), data include both unemployment and underemployment, true unemployment is unknown and, under current economic conditions, unknowable
  • Main industries:  mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and non-metallic ores), steel, wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages, cattle, cows
  • Exports:  $6.59 billion (2022 est.)
  • Export goods:  platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
  • Imports:  $8.68 billion (2022 est.)
  • Import goods:  machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels, food products
  • FDI stock:  $3.86 billion (31 December 2017 est.), Abroad: $309.6 million (31 December 2017 est.)
  • Current account:  −$716 million (2017 est.)
  • Gross external debt:  $14.01 billion (23 February 2023)
  • Public debt:  40.5% of GDP (2022 est.)
  • Revenues:  ZWL58.2 trillion (proposed for 2024), US$10.0 billion (official rate $1:5,790 (Nov 2023)), US$6.26 billion (parallel market $1:9,300 (Nov 2023))
  • Expenses:  5.5 billion (2017 est.)
  • Economic aid:  recipient: $178 million, note – the EU and the US provide food aid on humanitarian grounds (2000 est.)
  • Foreign reserves:  $1.3 billion (31 March 2026 est.)
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo
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