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Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe

Basic data — Zimbabwe, Africa.

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Data refreshed on 2026.05.10 · source: Wikidata

Composite reading — institute

Crise

7.4 /10 risk

  • Security 4.5
  • Legitimacy 2.9
  • Economy 2.5
  • Diplomacy 2.0
  • Influence 0.0

Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.

State under international sanctions

  • États-Unis ZIMBABWE-EO13288 (révisé 2024) · since 2003 ciblé
  • UE Decision 2011/101/CFSP · since 2002 ciblé
Capital
Harare
Population
17,073,087 inh.
Area
390,757 km²
Currency
ZWL
Regime

Executive in office

Emmerson Mnangagwa

Head of State

Emmerson Mnangagwa

since 2017.11.24 Union nationale africaine du Zimbabwe - Front patriotique

Economic indicators World Bank · 2025

GDP

42 G$

2024 ↑ +15.8 % vs 2023

GDP / capita

2,497 $

2024 ↑ +13.8 % vs 2023

Growth

1.7 %

2024 ↓ -3.6 pt vs 2023

Inflation

104.7 %

2022 ↑ +6.2 pt vs 2021

Unemployment

9.3 %

2025 ↓ -0.1 pt vs 2024

Defense / GDP

0.4 %

2024 ↑ +0.1 pt vs 2023

Life expectancy

63.1 yrs

2024 ↑ +0.5 % vs 2023

Governance indices V-Dem · Freedom House · CPI · RSF · 2024

Democracy (V-Dem)

0.18/1

#141 autocratie électorale

Freedoms (Freedom House)

28/100

Not Free

Corruption (CPI)

21/100

#1582024

Press freedom (RSF)

48/100

#1162024

Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales

  • #3 PGM (platinoïdes) 2024
  • #6 Lithium 2024

Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023

Exports

7 Md$

Imports

8 Md$

Balance

-1 Md$

Top exports

  • Or
  • PGM

Top imports

  • Pétrole raffiné

Export partners

Import partners

Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten

Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.

  • USA 18%
  • GBR 18%
  • FRA 24%
  • DEU 24%
  • RUS 81%
  • CHN 81%
  • IRN 67%

Abstention: 15%

Political calendar Wikipedia · IFES · NDI

Upcoming

  • 2028

    Présidentielle

Last election

  • 2023-08-23

    Présidentielle

    Mnangagwa 52.6% (résultats contestés)

Last institutional rupture 2017 (chute Mugabe)

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