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GDP growth in Zimbabwe

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Zimbabwe's gdp growth is 8.11 % — #9 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

8.11%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Zimbabwe over time

19.68 %1.00 %-17.67 %19.68 % · 2010-17.67 % · 20082000: -3.06 %2001: 1.44 %2002: -8.89 %2003: -17.00 %2004: -5.81 %2005: -5.71 %2006: -3.46 %2007: -3.65 %2008: -17.67 %2009: 13.27 %2010: 19.68 %2011: 14.19 %2012: 16.67 %2013: 1.99 %2014: 2.38 %2015: 1.78 %2016: 0.76 %2017: 4.73 %2018: 5.01 %2019: -6.33 %2020: -7.82 %2021: 8.47 %2022: 6.14 %2023: 5.35 %2024: 1.68 %2025: 8.11 %2000201220258.11 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#9 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
93 %
118 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 6.43 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
11.57 pp
peak 19.68 % in 2010
Full series
▲ 11.17 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #4 of 21vs median 2.90 %: +5.21 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Zimbabwe: ahead of 93 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthZimbabwe 8.11 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Zimbabwe is ahead of 93 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Zimbabwe
7 Monaco8.51 %+0.40 pp
8 Tajikistan8.40 %+0.29 pp
9 Zimbabwe8.11 %—
10 Vietnam8.02 %−0.09 pp
11 India7.57 %−0.54 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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