Country
Zimbabwe
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- lower middle income
- Capital
- Harare
- ISO code
- ZW · ZWE
73 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 17M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 5,529 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 63.1 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.8 t CO₂
Population
- Population 17M 2025 73rd of 214
- Population density 43 people/km² 2024 157th of 212
- Population growth 1.88 % per year 2025 53rd of 214
- Natural increase 22.8 per 1,000 people 2023 32nd of 228
- Net migration -3.2 per 1,000 people 2025 176th of 214
- Fertility rate 3.67 births per woman 2024 37th of 214
- Urban population 40.5 % 2025 169th of 214
- Median age 17.8 years 2023 209th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.6 % 2025 174th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 6.3 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 168th of 214
- Children under 15 40.3 % 2025 23rd of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 63.1 years 2024 197th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 65.3 years 2024 197th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 60.5 years 2024 198th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.8 years 2024 112th of 214
- Infant mortality 62.4 per 1,000 births 2024 6th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 64.7 per 1,000 births 2024 17th of 195
- Maternal mortality 358 per 100,000 births 2023 18th of 193
- Health spending per person 63 USD 2023 161st of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 103 $ (PPP) 2023 182nd of 191
- Physicians 0.14 per 1,000 people 2023 163rd of 179
- Hospital beds 2.0 per 1,000 people 2014 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 90 % 2024 91st of 191
- Undernourishment 18.4 % 2024 30th of 165
- Tobacco use 11.0 % 2024 128th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,393 kcal per day 2023 155th of 175
- Meat supply 57.6 kg per person per year 2023 89th of 175
Economy
- GDP 51.2B USD 2025 95th of 185
- GDP per capita 3,021 USD 2025 140th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 5,529 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 144th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 1,704 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 149th of 165
- GDP growth 8.1 % 2025 8th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 6.1 % 2025 12th of 185
- Inflation 104.7 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Unemployment 9.3 % 2025 38th of 181
- Youth unemployment 15.5 % 2025 72nd of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 28.8 % 2025 29th of 150
- Trade 42 % of GDP 2024 147th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 50.3 2019 8th of 151
- Extreme poverty 49.2 % 2019 12th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 8.7 % of GDP 2024 76th of 187
- Women in the labour force 62.2 % 2025 35th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.598 2023 152nd of 192
- Literacy rate 93.2 % 2019 58th of 122
- Education spending 0.4 % of GDP 2023 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 52 % 2013 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 8 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 85 % 2023 106th of 135
- Women in parliament 30.1 % 2025 75th of 183
- Homicide rate 5.0 per 100,000 people 2020 44th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 12.9 Mt CO₂ 2024 100th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.8 t CO₂ 2024 147th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.82 t CO₂ 2024 163rd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.8 Gt CO₂ 2024 88th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.9 t CO₂e 2024 152nd of 201
- Forest area 35.7 % of land 2024 92nd of 208
- Water stress 46 % 2022 39th of 176
- Arable land 10.4 % of land 2024 100th of 205
- Renewable energy 82.4 % of final energy 2021 12th of 210
- Renewable electricity 57.1 % of electricity 2024 57th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 42.9 % of electricity 2024 17th of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.4 % of electricity 2024 152nd of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 384 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 114th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 617 kWh 2024 145th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 15.0 µg/m³ 2023 119th of 199
Zimbabwe on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldShona, English, North Ndebele · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldZimbabwe Gold (ZiG) (ZWG), US dollar (USD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType D, G · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world5 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- UFO sightings map1 UFO or unexplained case
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)