International Rankings of Zimbabwe 2022, 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	52	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	119	203461	2020
Internet users - percent of population	67	29 %	2020
Internet users - total	95	4.310 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	53	2	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	113	252067	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	84	90.1	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	74	13.196 million	2019
Economy
Budget - expenditures	108	5.500 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	119	3.800 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	97	9.6 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	115	21.441 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	126	25.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	27	24 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	45	77.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	71	39.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	121	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	67	12 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	102	22.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	68	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	81	0.3 %	2017
Labor force	61	7.907 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	20	67.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	109	7.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	136	25.2 %	2017
Population below poverty line	39	38.3	2019
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	114	40.790 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	137	2700 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	106	21.5 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	90	12.8	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	90	11.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	88	11.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	62	3.963 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	126	3.940 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	48	3.579 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	30	327000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	35	3.888 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	37	502.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	95	10.928 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	70	504.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	59	1.612 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	112	2.473 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	97	1.491 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	41	1.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	113	32.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	31	65.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	65	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	144	11.516 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	123	27300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	94	800 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	103	26400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	91	10.98 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	80	12.1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	95	19.35 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	80	42.5	2018
Land use - arable land	87	10.9	2018
Land use - forest	65	39.5	2018
Land use - other	122	18	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	42	31.3	2018
Revenue from coal	14	0.4 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	36	1.61 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	117	20.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	64	2.770 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	103	81.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	74	487.700 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	54	2.41	2025
Urbanization - urban population	146	32.4	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	77	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	46	16 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	60	386847 sq km	0
Area - total	60	390757 sq km	0
Area - water	89	391062 sq km	0
Coastline	159	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	72	2592 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	15	162 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	31	961 meters	0
Irrigated land	79	1740 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	61	3229 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	80	42.5	2018
Land use - arable land	87	10.9	2018
Land use - forest	65	39.5	2018
Land use - other	122	18	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	42	31.3	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	23	20.16	5440
Age structure - 25-54 years	166	32.94	4973
Age structure - 55-64 years	173	4.07	3824
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	98	1.2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	19	1.47 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	104	0.39 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	97	3.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	88	0.05 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	20	33.07 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	49	9.7 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	34	66.8 %	2015
Current health expenditure	35	7.7 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	58	8.76 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	125	6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	33	16.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	24	79.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	26	73.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	19	97.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	24	33.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	20	23.1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	43	2.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	45	3.9 % of GDP	2018
Hospital bed density	53	1.7 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	55	24.77 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	53	32.17 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	56	28.53 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	171	65.52 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	175	61.18 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	173	63.32 years	0
Literacy - female	63	84.6 %	2015
Literacy - male	52	88.5 %	0
Literacy - total population	60	86.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	19	458 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	134	20.6 years	2020
Median age - male	125	20.3 years	0
Median age - total	123	20.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	72	20.3	2015
Net migration rate	152	4.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	87	15.5 %	2016
Physicians density	137	0.2 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	71	15.121 million	2022
Population growth rate	38	1.95 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	29	96.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	39	51 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	38	35.8 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	64	3.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	11 years	2013
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	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	27	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	15	1.06	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	52	0.62	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	40	0.57 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	95	1.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	91	21.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	91	11.7 %	2020
Total fertility rate	25	3.89 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	54	2.41	2025
Urbanization - urban population	146	32.4	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	90	12.8	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	90	11.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	88	11.9	0
Transportation
Airports	30	196	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	39	5	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	36	7	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	23	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	59	17	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	13	104	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	20	179	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	26	72	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	134	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	114	670000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	124	285539	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	88	12	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	55	3427 km	2014
Roadways - paved	56	18481 km	2019
Roadways - total	41	97267 km	2019
Waterways	90	223 km	2022

*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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