International Rankings of Zimbabwe 2023, 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	53	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	122	203461	2020
Internet users - percent of population	86	35 %	2021
Internet users - total	83	5.600 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	57	2	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	116	243421	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	70	89	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	73	14.258 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	222	23.000 million US Dollars	2018
Budget - revenues	223	17.000 million US Dollars	2018
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	101	9.6 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	49	1.096 billion US Dollars	2020
Debt - external	115	9.357 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	129	5.263 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	118	21.441 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	135	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	75	39.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	126	12.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	69	12 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	108	22.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	79	65.8 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	12	50.3 %	2020
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
Imports	139	5.489 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	67	6.37 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	4	98.55 %	2021
Labor force	69	7.916 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	22	67.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	117	7.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	150	25.2 %	2017
Population below poverty line	42	38.3 %	2019
Public debt	40	82.3 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	135	33.829 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	35	8.47 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	166	2100 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	152	838.780 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	199	7.21 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	137	5.17 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	126	8.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	136	6.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	133	7.3	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	65	3.963 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	128	3.940 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	51	3.579 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	30	327000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	38	3.888 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	40	502.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	97	10.928 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	74	504.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	62	1.612 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	114	2.473 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	99	1.491 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	41	1.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	123	32.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	31	65.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	149	11.516 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	125	27300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	99	800 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	106	26400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	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	100	19.35 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	85	42.5	2018
Land use - arable land	91	10.9	2018
Land use - forest	74	39.5	2018
Land use - other	132	18	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	44	31.3	2018
Revenue from coal	14	0.4 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	39	1.61 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	124	20.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	63	3.040 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	85	80.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	67	650.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	57	2.41	2025
Urbanization - urban population	153	32.5	2023
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	63	386847 sq km	0
Area - total	64	390757 sq km	0
Area - water	92	391062 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	81	2592 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	17	162 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	34	961 meters	0
Irrigated land	81	1740 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	63	3229 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	85	42.5	2018
Land use - arable land	91	10.9	2018
Land use - forest	74	39.5	2018
Land use - other	132	18	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	44	31.3	2018
Military
Military expenditures	26	2.6 % of GDP	2019
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	100	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	107	0.39 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	101	3.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	91	0.05 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	21	32.77 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	52	9.7 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	35	66.8 %	2015
Current health expenditure	81	3.4 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	52	61.6 %	2023
Death rate	68	8.51 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	33	16.6 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	26	79.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	27	73.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	20	97.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	25	33.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	20	23.1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	45	2.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	47	3.9 % of GDP	2018
Gross reproduction rate	23	1.91 %	2023
Hospital bed density	54	1.7 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	59	24.01 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	56	31.22 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	58	27.67 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	186	66 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	193	61.65 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	188	63.79 years	0
Literacy - female	57	89.7 %	2021
Literacy - male	53	88.3 %	0
Literacy - total population	53	89.7 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	26	357 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	143	20.6 years	2020
Median age - male	132	20.3 years	0
Median age - total	134	20.5 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	73	20.3	2015
Net migration rate	168	4.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	92	15.5 %	2016
Physicians density	142	0.2 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	74	15.419 million	2023
Population growth rate	39	1.95 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	29	96.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	41	51 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	40	35.8 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	66	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	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	17	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	23	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	49	0.63 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	99	1.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	94	21.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	96	11.7 %	2020
Total fertility rate	29	3.88 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	57	2.41	2025
Urbanization - urban population	153	32.5	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	126	8.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	136	6.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	133	7.3	0
Transportation
Airports	30	196	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	21	1.791 million	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	117	670000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	128	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	58	18481 km	2019
Roadways - total	44	97267 km	2019
Waterways	94	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.

NOTE: The information regarding Zimbabwe on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Zimbabwe 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Zimbabwe 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.