Zimbabwe

GDP growth in Zimbabwe

GDP growth in Zimbabwe: -1.1% a year in 1999 and 8.3% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.

Latest, 2025
8.3% a year
Since 1999
+9.4 percentage points
Rank, 2025
8 of 143
counting from the highest
Projected, 2031
4.2% a year
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

% a year · IMF

GDP growth in ZimbabweGDP growth in Zimbabwe: -1.1% a year in 1999 and 8.3% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates. The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 4.2% a year in 2031.
Estimates, IMFIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 4.2% a year in 2031.
  • The highest was 19.6% a year in 2010, the lowest -16.3% a year in 2008.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearZimbabwe
20258.3
20241.7
20235.3
20225.7
20217.9
2020-11.5
2019-6.7
20184.3
20179.8
20161.2
20152.1
20142.4
20132
201215.4
201114.3
201019.6
20097.4
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
YearZimbabwe
20265
20273.5
20285
20294.2
20304.2
20314.2

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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