International Rankings of Zimbabwe 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Zimbabwe, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Zimbabwe, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	143	1.43	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	112	204424	0
Internet users - percent of population	173	27.06 %	2018
Internet users - total	94	3.797 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	172	1.86	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	116	265734	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	152	92.43	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	73	13.196 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	110	5.500 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	121	3.800 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	101	9.6 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	130	39.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	110	54.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	112	72	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	126	54.3	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	117	21.441 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	131	25.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	32	24 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	47	77.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	74	39.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	124	12.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	69	12 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	107	22.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	72	65.8 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	15	40.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	1995
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	31	2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	82	0.3 %	2017
Labor force	62	7.907 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	22	67.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	113	7.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	145	25.2 %	2017
Population below poverty line	41	38.3	2019
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	119	41.533 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	170	2836 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	111	21.5 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	100	12.060 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	109	7.118 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	55	1.239 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	40	58	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	35	37	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	36	5	2017
Electricity - imports	55	2.220 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	112	2.122 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	112	6.800 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	113	27000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	104	26400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	93	10.98 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	81	12.1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	97	19.35 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	83	42.5	2018
Land use - arable land	90	10.9	2018
Land use - forest	72	39.5	2018
Land use - other	129	18	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	43	31.3	2018
Revenue from coal	14	0.4 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	37	1.61 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	120	20.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	65	2.770 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	105	81.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	76	487.700 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	56	2.41	2025
Urbanization - urban population	156	32.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	78	1.450 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	68	231960 tons	2005
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	48	16 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	62	386847 sq km	0
Area - total	62	390757 sq km	0
Area - water	91	391062 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	71	2592 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	15	162 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	33	961 meters	0
Irrigated land	78	1740 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	61	3229 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	83	42.5	2018
Land use - arable land	90	10.9	2018
Land use - forest	72	39.5	2018
Land use - other	129	18	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	43	31.3	2018
Total renewable water resources	119	20.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	25	20.16 %	5440
Age structure - 25-54 years	176	32.94 %	4973
Age structure - 55-64 years	183	4.07 %	3824
Birth rate	21	33.34 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	38	66.8 %	2015
Current Health Expenditure	63	4.7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	52	9.02 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	117	5.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	29	18.3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	22	81.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	22	76.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	18	98 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	27	32.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	25	22.7 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	52	2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	20	5.9 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	5	11.9	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	9	22000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	8	1.300 million	2020
Hospital bed density	52	1.7 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	59	25.56 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	56	33.15 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	59	29.41 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	178	65.02 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	185	60.7 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	181	62.83 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	20	458	2017
Median age - female	139	20.6 years	2020
Median age - male	127	20.3 years	0
Median age - total	129	20.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	70	20.3	2015
Net migration rate	158	4.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	91	15.5 %	2016
Physicians density	138	0.21 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	72	14.830 million	2021
Population growth rate	42	1.94 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	32	96.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	40	51 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	34	35.8 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	75	3.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	11 years	2013
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	17	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	28	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	20	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	53	0.63	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	45	0.66 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	27	3.91 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	38	31.4	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	29	25	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	34	27.5	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	56	2.41	2025
Urbanization - urban population	156	32.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	29	196	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	39	5	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	37	7	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	3	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	61	17	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	13	104	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	20	179	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	26	72	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	16	670000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	126	285539	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	90	12	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	57	3427 km	2014
Roadways - paved	57	18481 km	2019
Roadways - total	41	97267 km	2019
Waterways	95	N/A km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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