Mozambique vs Zimbabwe

Mozambique vs Zimbabwe: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: -0.2% a year in Mozambique and 8.3% a year in Zimbabwe, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 8.5 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

Mozambique vs Zimbabwe: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: -0.2% a year in Mozambique and 8.3% a year in Zimbabwe, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Zimbabwe, by 8.5 percentage points.
MozambiqueZimbabweIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Zimbabwe has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Mozambique.
  • In 2025, Mozambique ranked 137 and Zimbabwe ranked 8 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mozambique at 13.1% a year and Zimbabwe at 4.2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearMozambiqueZimbabwe
2025-0.28.3
20242.21.7
20235.55.3
20224.45.7
20212.47.9
2020-1.2-11.5
20192.3-6.7
20183.54.3
20172.69.8
20164.71.2
20157.42.1
20147.72.4
20136.62
2012815.4
20117.114.3
20106.719.6
20095.97.4
20086.9-16.3
20077.6-3.4
20069.9-3.6
20056.3-7.4
20048.2-6.3
20037.2-16.2
20029.7-7.7
200112.9-0.5
20000.8-4.2
199911.8-1.1
199810.4–
199711.8–
199610.7–
19952.1–
19946.4–
199310.9–
1992-7.6–
19916.6–
19901–
19896.5–
19888.2–
198714.7–
1986-2.3–
19851–
1984-6.5–
1983-15.7–
1982-6.9–
19815–
19804.2–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMozambiqueZimbabwe
202615
202723.5
20282.65
20293.14.2
20309.84.2
203113.14.2

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.

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