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Zimbabwe: Inflation

Percent · 1921–2025 · 102 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
81.4%percent
Change on 2024
−654.7 pointsfrom 736.1%
Average, 2016–2025
259.9%10 years
Record high and low
736.1% (2024)low −72.7% (2007)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20318.03Forecast
20308.03Forecast
20298.03Forecast
20288.03Forecast
20277.98Forecast
20267.98Forecast
202581.4
2024736.1
2023667.4
2022193.4
202198.5
2020557.2
2019255.3
201810.6
20170.907
2016-1.57

Sources

  • Clio Infra1921–2010
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1921–2014
  • Historical Financial Statistics1930–1944
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2021
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • Bordo1972–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook2009–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2010–2021
  • World Development Indicators2010–2021
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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 →

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