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
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
| Year | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.3 |
| 2024 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 5.7 |
| 2021 | 7.9 |
| 2020 | -11.5 |
| 2019 | -6.7 |
| 2018 | 4.3 |
| 2017 | 9.8 |
| 2016 | 1.2 |
| 2015 | 2.1 |
| 2014 | 2.4 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2012 | 15.4 |
| 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
| Year | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 |
| 2027 | 3.5 |
| 2028 | 5 |
| 2029 | 4.2 |
| 2030 | 4.2 |
| 2031 | 4.2 |
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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Zimbabwe in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$134M in 2025
- Military spending per person$10 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnel51,000 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports20 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2001