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Key facts

  • Currency: U.S. dollar
  • Capital city: Harare
  • Region: Eastern Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 386,850 km²
  • Population: 16,320,537
  • Political Leader: Emmerson Mnangagwa (President)

Latest news (see all)

Zimbabwe Gold Won't Solve the Country's Problems

Read: Bloomberg

2024-04-18

Walsh to help Zimbabwe women's T20 World Cup bid

Read: BBC

2024-04-17

Rural Entrepreneurs Thriving Against All Odds in Zimbabwe

Read: Global Issues

2024-04-16

Q&A: El Nino drought leaves Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba only 13% full--a disaster for people and wildlife

Read: Phys

2024-04-12

Next Africa: Will Zimbabwe's New ZiG Currency Retain Value?

Read: Bloomberg

2024-04-09

Zimbabwe's New ZiG Currency Strengthens on Second Day of Trading

Read: Bloomberg

2024-04-09

Zimbabwe's central bank said it was launching a new national currency to end its monetary turbulence.

Read: The Wall Street Journal

2024-04-06

Metrics

Business

Expense 10.98 % of GDP
GDP 27,366,600,000.00 current US$
Inflation 104.70 annual %
Self-employed 63.47 % of total employment
Tax revenue 7.21 % of GDP
Unemployment 9.12 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 61.30 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 162,000.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 3.30 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 8,312.50 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 46.78 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 51.40 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 0.49 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 1.33 % of total
Net energy imports 15.31 % of energy use
Fertility rate 3.49 births per woman
Forest area 173,985 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 29.10 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 1,587.37 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 14.20 years
Methane emissions 12,060.80 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 4,690.85 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 8,614,935
Male Population 7,705,601
Renewable energy consumption 84.36 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 386,236.00 km²
Rural population 11,033,499
Urban land area 2,024.49 km²
Urban population 5,287,038
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.00 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 30.54 per 1,000 people
Death rate 9.06 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 50.68 current US$
Health expenditure 3.43 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 1.51 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 1.70 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 59 years
Suicide mortality rate 14.10 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 48.98 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 34.81 % of population
Net migration -9,999
Press freedom 1.85


Politics

Armed forces personnel 51,000
Democracy score 3.16
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 0.43 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 30.57 %


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Source

SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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