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Zimbabwe

ZW

Harare · pop. 17M · Chibarwe, English, Kalanga · Zimbabwean dollar · landlocked

Trajectories

economic complexity

#121

Slipping in export sophistication, from #84 in 1995.

2024 · −1.09

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1995−0.23
1996−0.22+0.01 pts
1997−0.05+0.17 pts
1998−0.58−0.53 pts
1999high−0.01+0.57 pts
2000−0.43−0.42 pts
2001−0.65−0.22 pts
2002−0.39+0.26 pts
2003−0.27+0.12 pts
2004−0.42−0.15 pts
2005−0.41+0.02 pts
2006−0.51−0.11 pts
2007−0.44+0.07 pts
2008−0.46−0.02 pts
2009−0.62−0.16 pts
2010−0.74−0.13 pts
2011−0.80−0.05 pts
2012−0.74+0.05 pts
2013−0.69+0.06 pts
2014−0.81−0.12 pts
2015−0.91−0.10 pts
2016−1.02−0.11 pts
2017−0.98+0.03 pts
2018−1.12−0.13 pts
2019−1.09+0.03 pts
2020−1.12−0.03 pts
2021−1.09+0.03 pts
2022−1.09+0.01 pts
2023low−1.12−0.04 pts
2024latest−1.09+0.03 pts

economic momentum

$2,497

Quadrupled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $2,497

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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1990$867
1991$831−4.1%
1992$631−24.0%
1993$605−4.2%
1994$634+4.9%
1995$648+2.2%
1996$767+18.3%
1997$751−2.1%
1998$552−26.4%
1999$582+5.4%
2000$563−3.3%
2001$566+0.6%
2002$525−7.3%
2003$468−10.8%
2004$470+0.3%
2005$461−1.8%
2006$431−6.6%
2007$414−4.1%
2008low$341−17.6%
2009$736+115.8%
2010$902+22.6%
2011$1,038+15.1%
2012$1,239+19.4%
2013$1,363+10.0%
2014$1,373+0.7%
2015$1,387+1.0%
2016$1,408+1.5%
2017high$3,445+144.7%
2018$2,271−34.1%
2019$2,184−3.8%
2020$2,060−5.7%
2021$2,614+26.9%
2022$2,536−3.0%
2023$2,195−13.5%
2024latest$2,497+13.8%

prices

105%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2022. The world’s median was 8.3%.

2022 · 105%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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20103.0%
20113.5%+0.44 pts
20123.7%+0.26 pts
20131.6%−2.09 pts
2014−0.2%−1.83 pts
2015low−2.4%−2.23 pts
2016−1.5%+0.89 pts
20170.9%+2.44 pts
201810.6%+9.72 pts
2019255%+245 pts
2020high557%+302 pts
202198.5%−459 pts
2022latest105%+6.16 pts

demographic curve

3.7 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 6.5 in 1980.

2024 · 3.7

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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19607.2
19617.2+0.2%
1962high7.2+0.3%
19637.20.0%
19647.20.0%
19657.20.0%
19667.2−0.5%
19677.2−0.5%
19687.1−0.6%
19697.0−1.1%
19707.0−0.8%
19716.9−0.6%
19726.90.0%
19736.90.0%
19746.9−0.9%
19756.8−0.7%
19766.8−0.9%
19776.7−0.9%
19786.7−0.8%
19796.6−1.0%
19806.5−1.1%
19816.4−1.1%
19826.3−1.7%
19836.2−2.1%
19846.0−2.5%
19855.9−2.9%
19865.7−3.1%
19875.5−3.3%
19885.3−4.0%
19895.1−3.9%
19904.9−3.9%
19914.7−3.3%
19924.6−3.1%
19934.4−3.9%
19944.3−2.4%
19954.2−3.1%
19964.1−1.0%
19974.1−0.9%
19984.1−0.2%
19994.1−0.3%
20004.0−1.2%
20014.0−0.6%
20023.9−1.5%
20033.9−1.6%
20043.8−2.2%
20053.7−2.2%
2006low3.6−1.6%
20073.7+1.2%
20083.8+2.9%
20094.0+4.4%
20104.0+2.3%
20114.1+2.1%
20124.1+0.2%
20134.1−0.6%
20144.0−2.4%
20153.9−2.5%
20163.8−2.1%
20173.8−1.6%
20183.7−0.6%
20193.7+0.1%
20203.8+0.2%
20213.8+0.3%
20223.8+0.1%
20233.7−1.1%
2024latest3.7−1.3%

Metrics

  1. population
    17M
    74 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $36B
    101 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $2,195
    128 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $870M
    83 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    0.2%
    147 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    391K km²
    62 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    43.5 /km²
    117 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    62.8 yr
    158 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    38%
    134 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    0.77 t
    123 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    40%
    135 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    3.7
    34 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    2.6%
    104 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    8.4%
    32 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. scientific articles / yr
    563
    94 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  16. high-tech exports %
    3%
    111 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  17. gini inequality
    50.3
    134 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  18. youth unemployment
    16%
    106 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  19. adult literacy
    93%
    49 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  20. democracy (v-dem)
    0.15
    111 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  21. clean government
    21
    146 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  22. press freedom
    43.1
    116 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  23. human development
    0.598
    125 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  24. refugees hosted
    9.2K
    92 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  25. refugees produced
    8.0K
    63 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data