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General Information

Region		Eastern Africa
Population (000, 2021)		15 092^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		39^a
Capital city		Harare
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		1 521.3^b
UN membership date		25-Aug-80
Surface area (km2)		390 757^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		91.4^a
National currency		Zimbabwe Dollar (ZWL)
Exchange rate (per US$)		81.8^c

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	12 042	19 963	21 441^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	19.7	1.8	-8.1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	948.3	1 445.1	1 464.0^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	10.9	9.3	9^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	23.5	25	23.7^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	65.6	65.7	67.3^b
Employment in agriculture^d (% of employed)	65.5	67.2	66.3^c
Employment in industry^d (% of employed)	9.2	7.1	6.5^c
Employment in services^d (% employed)	25.2	25.7	27.2^c
Unemployment^d (% of labour force)	5.2	5.3	5^c
Labour force participation rate^d (female/male pop. %)	77.3 / 88.4	77.8 / 89.2	78.2 / 89.0^c
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	106	117^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	104	99	113^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	3 199	3 411	4 395^c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	5 852	6 053	5 048^c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 2 653	- 2 642	-653^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 444	- 1 678	-308^f

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^h (average annual %)	1	1.7	1.5^c
Urban population (% of total population)	33.2	32.4	32.2^b
Urban population growth rate^h (average annual %)	1.2	1.8	...
Fertility rate, total^h (live births per woman)	3.9	4.1	3.6^c
Life expectancy at birth^h (females/males, years)	46.7 / 43.3	58.3 / 54.9	62.2 / 59.2^c
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	41.6 / 4.4	42.6 / 4.4	41.3 / 4.7^a
International migrant stockⁱ (000/% of total pop.)	398.3 / 3.1	400.5 / 2.9	416.1 / 2.8^c
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	4.9^j	308.1	292.1^c
Infant mortality rate^h (per 1 000 live births)	62.7	51.2	38.7^c
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	10.5	7.5	4.7^e
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1	0.2	0.2^e
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	1.5	6.1^k	5.9^d,e
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	108.7 / 111.1^l	... / ...
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	51.3 / 53.5^l	... / ...
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	38.9 / 43.2^l	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	5.6	7.5^m	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	15	31.5	31.9ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^d (per 100 inhabitants)	6.4	22.7	27.1^f
Threatened species (number)	55	60	124
Forested area^d (% of land area)	46.3	45.7	45.3^e
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	9.5 / 0.7	11.9 / 0.9	11.7 / 0.8^e
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	369	450	448^e
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	31	34	34^e
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	2 239	2 057	2 580^e
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	76.1	81.2	81.2^c
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	64.5 / 15.2	64.5 / 14.0	64.6 / 12.9^c
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	22.0 / 32.0	19.0 / 31.1	16.0 / 30.2^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	6.71	4.38	4.25^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2020
d		Estimate.
e		2018
f		2017
g		Undisclosed (Special categories).
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Including refugees.
j		Data as at the end of December.
k		2014
l		2013
m		2012
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.