Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe jumped 7 places to 97th in 2025, though most of it reflected the currency. US$ GDP rose 23.3% to US$51.2 billion, while real growth was +8.1%; the remaining 15.2 percentage points were mostly exchange-rate and price effects. Inflation ran at 81.4%.

Services make up 48.2% of output and industry 37.1%, with manufacturing at 14.9% of GDP and agriculture at 9.5%. Unemployment was 9.3%, and government gross debt stands at 38.0% of GDP, according to the IMF.

The economy is 7.7 times its 2000 size of US$6.7 billion, when it ranked 107th. It now sits between Cambodia and Turkmenistan and is about the size of the Portland, ME metro area. With a population of 17.0 million, GDP per capita is US$3,021, 148th of 196, and $6,470 international dollars in PPP terms, 153rd. The IMF projects GDP of US$73.4 billion by 2030, up 43%, which would place Zimbabwe 92nd.