Zimbabwe GDP Data & Country Report

Zimbabwe Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Zimbabwe; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Central bank

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

International Reserves

N/A

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

US$ 9.112 billion (2009 estimate)

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

5.917 billion of International dollars (2009 estimate)

Real GDP growth

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-3.7%	-3.7%
2008	2009	2010	2011*
-18.9%	6%	9%	7.3%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

US$ 725 (2000 estimate)

GDP per capita - PPP

$470 International Dollars (2000 estimate)

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

1980	1990	2000	2010	2015**
N/A	N/A	N/A	0.01%	0.01%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 20.4%
industry: 24.6%
services: 54.9% (2011 estimate)

(Data released on February 2012)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation

2008	2009	2010	2011*
N/A(2008)	6.5%	3%	4.8%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate

2008	2009	2010	2011*
N/A	N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011*
69.8%	88.4%	96.1%	56.3%	70.5%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010*	2011**
-4.1%	-3.1%	-2.7%	-1.9%	-2.7%

*Estimate **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's rating: N/A

Moody's outlook: N/A

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares

2007	2008	2009
US$5.333 billion	N/A	N/A

Largest companies in Zimbabwe

N/A

DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS

Current account balance

US$ -1.6 billion (2010 estimate)(After 2008)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-17.5% of GDP (2009 estimate)(2009)

Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

56.8% (2005)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0.02%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export

N/A(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exports

US$2.54 billion f.o.b. (2010 estimate)

Export commodities

platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing

Total imports

US$2.337 billion f.o.b. (2008 estimate)

Import commodities

machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels

Exports - major partners

South Africa 33.8%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 8.3%, Japan 8.1%, Botswana 7.4%, Netherlands 5.2%, China 5.2%, Italy 4.1%, Zambia 4.1% (2007)

Imports - major partners

South Africa 50.7%, China 8.4%, US 4.5%, Botswana 4.3% (2007)

FDI inflows

2008	2009	2010
US$52 million	US$105 million(2009)	US$105 million(2009)

FDI outflows

2008	2009	2010
US$8 million	US$20 million	US$15 million

Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

2008	2009	2010	2011
US$1 million	N/A(2009)	N/A(2009)	N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 157 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 143 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 82 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 131 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 128 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 120 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 168 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 110 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

132

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

Ranking: 178 Score: 22.1 (Repressed) (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW

Time zone

UTC+2

Total area

390,757 km² (2006)

Capital

Harare (2009)

Currency

Zimbabwean dollars (ZWD) (2009)

Government type

parliamentary democracy (2009)

Languages

English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects

Religions

syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%

Total population

1980	1990	2000	2010*	2015**
7.09 million	9.79 million	11.7 million	11.73 million	11.73 million

*Estimate **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population

1960	1980	2000	2009
12.6%	22.4%	33.8%	37.8%

Population median age

19.0 years (2006)

Population growth rate

0.5% (2009)

Life expectancy

43 years (2007)

Adult literacy

91% (2000/2007)

% of population living on less than $2 a day

N/A

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

50.1 (1995-1996)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:6
Civil Liberties:6 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

62.67% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

11.5% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)

Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

Harare: 173rd (2011)

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

0.7282 (2008)

GLOBAL FINANCE RANKINGS AND AWARDS

WORLD'S BEST INTERNET BANKS

2009:

COUNTRY WINNERS / Best Corporate / Institutional Internet Banks Standard Chartered (2009)

WORLD'S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS

2012:

COUNTRY WINNERS Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe (National, 2012)

ARTICLES AND COUNTRIES REPORTS FROM GLOBAL FINANCE ARCHIVE

Zimbabwe GDP Data & Country Report | Global Finance

WORLD'S BEST INTERNET BANKS

2009:

WORLD'S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS

2012: