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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Republic of Zimbabwe

ZWE ZW P Botswana pula (BWP)

Every statistic we track for Zimbabwe — 110 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →

GDP per capita (PPP)

$8,443

#145 of 191

Life expectancy

56.0 yrs

#184 of 188

Happiness score

3.35

#144 of 147

Liberal democracy

0.15

#123 of 179

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All indicators

📈 Economy

Account Ownership 49.5% #111/139 2024
Bank Account Ownership 49.5% #111/139 2024
Bank Branches 5.5 #121/153 2024
Current Account Balance 3.7% #42/190 2026
Debit Card Ownership 17.4% #110/140 2024
Digital Payments Usage 46.7% #63/97 2024
Exchange Rate (per US$) 3,266.3 #12/197 2024
Extreme Poverty 0% #237/237 2023
Fiscal Balance -0.8% #40/189 2026
GDP (current US$) 56.7 #94/190 2026
GDP (PPP) 149.7 #94/191 2026
GDP per Capita 3,199 #144/190 2026
GDP per Capita (Long Run) 1,704 #149/165 2022
GDP per Capita (PPP) 8,443 #145/191 2026
GDP per Capita Growth 2.9% #84/184 2019
Government Debt 42.3% #123/185 2026
Income per Person 703 #179/183 2018
Income per Person 702.7 #179/183 2018
Inflation (CPI) 8% #26/191 2026
Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) 4 #120/130 2023
Made a Digital Payment 49.2% #60/144 2017
Mobile Money Account 43.3% #29/80 2024
Real GDP Growth 5% #29/191 2026
Share of World GDP (PPP) 0.1% #94/191 2026
Total GDP (Long Run) 25,901,585,881 #134/165 2022

👥 Demographics

Fertility Rate (WB) 3.7 #37/217 2024
Median Age 18.3 #217/235 2026
Population 13.3 #72/229 2013
Population 17.7 #69/191 2026
Population Density 44.7 #173/235 2026
Refugees by Country of Origin 6,632 #72/195 2025
Urban Population 39.9% #168/213 2024

🌐 Connectivity

Access to Electricity 62% #181/214 2023
Internet Users 41.6% #151/182 2024
Mobile Subscriptions 89 #160/209 2022
Read News Online 20.1% #63/75 2024

🫀 Health

Adult Obesity 13.8% #148/199 2022
Alcohol Consumption per Capita 5.1 #96/207 2022
Child Mortality (under-5) 6.5 #17/199 2024
Health Spending (QoG) 3.6% #166/189 2022
Hypertension Prevalence 42.3% #56/194 2019
Infant Mortality (QoG) 40.6 #25/191 2023
Life Expectancy 56 #184/188 2013
Life Expectancy 60.7 #179/186 2020
Suicide Rate 25.4 #4/185 2021
Tobacco Use Prevalence 11.6% #128/167 2022
Undernourishment 19.7% #29/166 2023
Universal Health Coverage Index 59 #144/195 2023

🎓 Education

Education Spending (QoG) 0.4% #109/112 2023
Mean Years of Schooling 8.3 #98/146 2020

🌱 Environment

CO₂ per Capita (WB) 0.8 #150/203 2024
Energy Use per Person 472 #121/149 2023
Renewable Electricity 57.1% #57/195 2024

🏛️ Governance

Civil Liberties (V-Dem) 0.4 #142/179 2025
Clean Elections (V-Dem) 0.2 #138/179 2025
Control of Corruption (QoG) -1.3 #173/192 2024
Corruption Perceptions Index 21 #161/179 2024
Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) 21 #160/177 2024
Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) 0.2 #116/179 2025
Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) 0.1 #143/179 2025
Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) 0.3 #125/179 2025
Freedom House Status (QoG) 3 #43/193 2024
Freedom in the World Score 27 #151/196 2024
Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) 0.4 #135/179 2025
Gender Equality (V-Dem) 0.7 #101/179 2025
Government Effectiveness (QoG) -1 #167/192 2024
Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) 0.2 #145/179 2025
Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) 0.1 #123/179 2025
Military Spending 0.6% #137/150 2025
Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) 0.2 #112/179 2025
Perceived Democracy (Afrobarometer) 39.3% #27/39 2023
Political Corruption (V-Dem) 0.9 #20/179 2025
Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) 50.3 #113/173 2024
Rule of Law (V-Dem) 0.2 #146/179 2025
Support for Democracy (Afrobarometer) 76.7% #12/39 2023
Trust in the President (Afrobarometer) 51.3% #18/39 2023
Voice & Accountability (QoG) -1.3 #163/192 2024

📰 Media & news

Press Freedom Index 44.4 #122/177 2026

🛡️ Safety

Homicide Rate 19.4 #25/204 2023
Road Traffic Deaths 29.9 #5/195 2021

⚠️ Risk & resilience

Climate Seen as a Threat 85.4% #79/142 2023
Confident Can Protect Family 19.7% #129/142 2023
Disaster Exposure (WRI) 0.2 #152/193 2025
Experienced a Disaster 32.6% #46/142 2023
Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) 6.6% #68/139 2023
INFORM Risk Index 5.3 #52/191 2025
Resilience to Risk (WRP) 44.5 #118/141 2023
World Risk Index 2.4 #143/193 2025
Worry About Violent Crime 72.7% #53/142 2023

😊 Wellbeing

Happiness (Cantril Ladder) 3.3 #144/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Freedom 0.7 #124/146 2025
Happiness Driver: GDP 1.2 #118/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Generosity 0.1 #122/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy 0.2 #138/146 2025
Happiness Driver: Low Corruption 0.1 #64/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Social Support 0.8 #128/147 2025
Human Development Index 0.6 #153/193 2023

🧭 Attitudes & values

Attended a Demonstration 8.4% #100/151 2017
Believe Vaccines Are Effective 91.6% #20/143 2018
Believe Vaccines Are Safe 85.1% #46/143 2018
Secular Values 0.2 #59/64 2022
Self-Expression Values 0.3 #53/64 2022
Signed a Petition 10.6% #87/121 2017
Trade Union Membership 13.5% #49/120 2017
Trust in government 5.1 #38/123 2017
Trust in parliament 5.1 #50/151 2017
Trust in political parties 4.3 #33/120 2017
Trust in Science 65% #107/143 2018
Trust in Scientists 56.8% #105/143 2018
Trust in the legal system 5.5 #50/153 2017

Latest available period per indicator; rank is the country's position among all countries with data. Sources are credited on each indicator page.