South Sudan vs Zimbabwe

South Sudan vs Zimbabwe: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 41.4% a year in South Sudan and 8.3% a year in Zimbabwe, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 33.2 percentage points, or 5 times that in Zimbabwe.

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% a year · IMF

South Sudan vs Zimbabwe: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 41.4% a year in South Sudan and 8.3% a year in Zimbabwe, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 33.2 percentage points, or 5 times that in Zimbabwe.
South SudanZimbabweIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • South Sudan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
  • In 2025, South Sudan ranked 1 and Zimbabwe ranked 8 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts South Sudan at 2.9% a year and Zimbabwe at 4.2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearSouth SudanZimbabwe
202541.48.3
2024-28.11.7
20235.35.3
2022-5.25.7
20215.37.9
2020-6.5-11.5
20190.9-6.7
2018-2.14.3
2017-5.89.8
2016-13.31.2
2015-0.22.1
20141.62.4
201327.32
2012-50.315.4
2011–14.3
2010–19.6
2009–7.4
2008–-16.3
2007–-3.4
2006–-3.6
2005–-7.4
2004–-6.3
2003–-16.2
2002–-7.7
2001–-0.5
2000–-4.2
1999–-1.1
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearSouth SudanZimbabwe
202610.55
20273.93.5
20283.55
20293.34.2
20303.64.2
20312.94.2

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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