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Zimbabwe

66 series · 1800–2025 · Lower middle income · Sub-Saharan Africa

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National accounts

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Nominal GDPMillions of local currencynGDP1945–20251,629,170 (2025)
Nominal GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsnGDP_USD1950–202561,256 (2025)
Real GDPMillions of local currencyrGDP1914–202510.2 (2025)
Real GDP per capitaConstant local currency per personrGDP_pc1914–20250.601 (2025)
Real GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsrGDP_USD1944–202535,873 (2025)
DeflatorIndex, 2015 = 100deflator1945–202511,347,539 (2025)
Real GDP per capita (USD)US dollars per personrGDP_pc_USD1944–20252,116 (2025)

Consumption and investment

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Total consumptionMillions of local currencycons1954–2024794,153 (2024)
Total consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcons_GDP1954–202496.5 (2024)
Total consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarscons_USD1954–202447,435 (2024)
Household consumptionMillions of local currencyhcons1954–2024694,197 (2024)
Household consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPhcons_GDP1954–202484.4 (2024)
Household consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarshcons_USD1954–202441,465 (2024)
Government consumptionMillions of local currencygcons1954–202499,956 (2024)
Government consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgcons_GDP1954–202412.1 (2024)
Government consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarsgcons_USD1954–20245,970 (2024)
Gross capital formationMillions of local currencyinv1954–202472,768 (2024)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPinv_GDP1954–20248.84 (2024)
Gross capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsinv_USD1954–20244,346 (2024)
Gross fixed capital formationMillions of local currencyfinv1960–202465,201 (2024)
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPfinv_GDP1960–20247.92 (2024)
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsfinv_USD1960–20243,894 (2024)

External sector

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
ExportsMillions of local currencyexports1945–2024148,468 (2024)
Exports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPexports_GDP1945–202418.0 (2024)
Exports (USD)Millions of US dollarsexports_USD1950–20248,868 (2024)
ImportsMillions of local currencyimports1945–2024192,797 (2024)
Imports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPimports_GDP1945–202423.4 (2024)
Imports (USD)Millions of US dollarsimports_USD1950–202411,516 (2024)
Current accountMillions of local currencyCA1977–20249,933 (2024)
Current account (% of GDP)Percent of GDPCA_GDP1977–20241.21 (2024)
USD exchange rateLocal currency per US dollarUSDfx1950–202526.6 (2025)
Current account (USD)Millions of US dollarsCA_USD1977–2024593.3 (2024)

Government finances

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Government expenditureMillions of local currencygovexp2002–2025251,893 (2025)
General government expenditureMillions of local currencygen_govexp2005–2025251,893 (2025)
General government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govexp_GDP2005–202515.5 (2025)
Central government expenditureMillions of local currencycgovexp2002–2025257,256 (2025)
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovexp_GDP2002–202515.8 (2025)
Government revenueMillions of local currencygovrev2002–2025253,226 (2025)
General government revenueMillions of local currencygen_govrev2005–2025253,226 (2025)
Central government revenueMillions of local currencycgovrev2002–2025249,825 (2025)
General government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govrev_GDP2005–202515.5 (2025)
Central government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovrev_GDP2002–202515.3 (2025)
Government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdef_GDP2002–20250.0818 (2025)
General government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdef_GDP2005–20250.0818 (2025)
General government deficitMillions of local currencygen_govdef2005–20251,333 (2025)
Central government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdef_GDP2002–2025-0.456 (2025)
Central government deficitMillions of local currencycgovdef2002–2025-7,431 (2025)
Government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdebt_GDP1924–202543.8 (2025)
General government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdebt_GDP1964–202543.8 (2025)
General government debtMillions of local currencygen_govdebt1964–2025713,014 (2025)
Central government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdebt_GDP1924–202494.6 (2024)
Central government debtMillions of local currencycgovdebt1964–2024778,390 (2024)
Government debtMillions of local currencygovdebt1964–2025713,014 (2025)
Government deficitMillions of local currencygovdef2002–20251,333 (2025)
Government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovexp_GDP2002–202515.5 (2025)
Government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovrev_GDP2002–202515.5 (2025)

Money and interest rates

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Short-term interest ratePercentstrate1978–199722.1 (1997)
Central bank policy ratePercentcbrate1999–2006500.0 (2006)
M0 (monetary base)Millions of local currencyM02009–202529,419 (2025)
M1Millions of local currencyM11975–199935,473 (1999)
M2Millions of local currencyM21980–199946,985 (1999)
M3Millions of local currencyM32009–2025108,089 (2025)

Prices and labor markets

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Consumer price indexIndex, 2015 = 100CPI1921–20251,739,991 (2025)
InflationPercentinfl1921–202581.4 (2025)
PopulationMillions of peoplepop1800–202517.0 (2025)
Unemployment ratePercentunemp1982–202412.1 (2024)

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →