Angola vs Zimbabwe
Angola vs Zimbabwe: GDP growth
GDP growth in 2025: 3.1% a year in Angola and 8.3% a year in Zimbabwe, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 5.2 percentage points, or 2.64 times that in Angola.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Zimbabwe has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Angola.
- In 2025, Angola ranked 78 and Zimbabwe ranked 8 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Angola at 3.3% a year and Zimbabwe at 4.2% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Angola | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1 | 8.3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 7.9 |
| 2020 | -4 | -11.5 |
| 2019 | -0.2 | -6.7 |
| 2018 | -0.6 | 4.3 |
| 2017 | -0.1 | 9.8 |
| 2016 | -1.7 | 1.2 |
| 2015 | 0.8 | 2.1 |
| 2014 | 4.7 | 2.4 |
| 2013 | 4.9 | 2 |
| 2012 | 8.5 | 15.4 |
| 2011 | 3.6 | 14.3 |
| 2010 | 5.3 | 19.6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 7.4 |
| 2008 | 10.8 | -16.3 |
| 2007 | 13 | -3.4 |
| 2006 | 11.8 | -3.6 |
| 2005 | 14.2 | -7.4 |
| 2004 | 11.4 | -6.3 |
| 2003 | 3.5 | -16.2 |
| 2002 | 13.7 | -7.7 |
| 2001 | 4.2 | -0.5 |
| 2000 | 3.1 | -4.2 |
| 1999 | 2.2 | -1.1 |
| 1998 | 4.7 | – |
| 1997 | 7.3 | – |
| 1996 | 11.2 | – |
| 1995 | 10.4 | – |
| 1994 | 10.5 | – |
| 1993 | 11 | – |
| 1992 | 11.4 | – |
| 1991 | 12.1 | – |
| 1990 | -3.5 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6.1 | – |
| 1987 | 4.1 | – |
| 1986 | 2.9 | – |
| 1985 | 3.5 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | – |
| 1983 | 4.2 | – |
| 1981 | -4.4 | – |
| 1980 | 2.4 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Angola | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 2027 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 2028 | 3.2 | 5 |
| 2029 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 2030 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 2031 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Angola vs Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAngola: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAngola: 1.4% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAngola: $1.26B in 2025Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelAngola: 117,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsAngola: 2 million TIV in 2002Zimbabwe: 4 million TIV in 2001