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IndicatorZWEZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.38rank #116
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile22.5rank #180
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.22rank #104
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.14rank #128
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.41rank #113
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile32.1rank #175
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.38rank #116
Military spending% GDP0.35%rank #143
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.2rank #101
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile48.5rank #173
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile36.3rank #180
Rule of Law0-100 percentile36.1rank #182
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.18rank #127
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.27rank #106
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.15rank #114
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile34.8rank #171
Women in parliament% seats30.1%rank #70
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.73rank #81
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment54.3%rank #18
Agriculture value added% GDP9.5%rank #61
Annual working hours per workerhours2,311rank #17
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker8,695rank #168
Current account balance% GDP1.2%rank #60
Employment-to-population ratio%61.5%rank #60
External debt stocks% GNI33%rank #32
FDI net inflows% GDP1.1%rank #139
GDPcurrent US$51.22Brank #95
GDP growth%8.1%rank #8
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$3,021.4rank #141
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $5,529.2rank #145
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $3,511.5rank #162
Government expenditure% GDP11%rank #128
Gross capital formation% GDP8.8%rank #162
Gross savings% GDP10.7%rank #133
High-technology exports% manuf. exports2.8%rank #99
Human capital indexindex2.7rank #79
Industry value added% GDP37.1%rank #21
Inflation%104.7%rank #176
Labour force participation rate%67.7%rank #38
Personal remittances received% GDP8.5%rank #30
Researchers in R&Dper million95.1rank #68
Tax revenue% GDP7.2%rank #132
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.37rank #105
Trade openness% GDP41.5%rank #147
Unemployment% labor force9.3%rank #144
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%9.1%rank #143
Vulnerable employment% employment68.2%rank #153
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2415.5%rank #110
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2415.5%rank #111
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop67.2%rank #154
Basic sanitation access% pop34.6%rank #160
Child mortalityper 1006.5rank #141
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,393.4rank #156
DTP3 immunization coverage%91%rank #9
Health spending% GDP2.9%rank #178
Infant mortalityper 1k births62.4rank #144
Life expectancyyears63.1rank #200
Maternal mortalityper 100k358rank #100
Measles immunization% children90%rank #10
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%90%rank #10
Physiciansper 1k0.14rank #51
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m315rank #82
Road traffic deathsper 100k41.2rank #140
Smoking prevalence% adults11%rank #27
Suicide mortality rateper 100k17.3rank #161
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k203rank #121
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births64.7rank #180
Undernourishment% pop19.7%rank #57
Education
Adult literacy%93.2%rank #26
Education spending% GDP0.38%rank #119
Expected years of schoolingyears11.1rank #156
Mean years of schoolingyears8.9rank #112
Primary completion rate% relevant age86%rank #86
Primary enrollment% gross93.1%rank #110
Secondary enrollment% gross52.4%rank #122
Tertiary enrollment% gross7.7%rank #91
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00029.9rank #31
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.7rank #37
Median age of populationyears17.8rank #198
Net migration rateper 1,000-6rank #188
Populationpeople16.95Mrank #73
Population growth%1.9%rank #54
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years69.1rank #191
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands25,866.4rank #65
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age81.6rank #16
Urban population%40.5%rank #160
Climate
CO₂ emissionst13.7Mrank #99
CO₂ per capitat0.82rank #156
Electricity access% pop62%rank #51
Electricity from coal% generation42.9%rank #64
Electricity from hydro% generation55.6%rank #32
Electricity from solar% generation0.39%rank #142
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita503.8rank #123
Forest area% land44.7%rank #63
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita3.1rank #61
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh384rank #81
Renewable electricity%57.1%rank #51
Renewable energy share%82.4%rank #12
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e50.5rank #102
Society
Asylum seekerspeople6,373rank #105
Extreme poverty% pop49.2%rank #35
Female labor participation%62.2%rank #35
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1001.9rank #124
Gender Development Indexratio0.94rank #68
Gender Inequality Index0-10.52rank #124
Gini indexindex50.3rank #64
Homicide rateper 100k6.8rank #70
Human Development Index0-10.6rank #121
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.41rank #111
Internally displaced personspeople270,000rank #14
Internet users% pop41.6%rank #149
Life satisfaction0-103.3rank #141
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.59rank #88
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.08rank #171
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.29rank #137
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.55rank #166
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.79rank #172
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people8,570rank #94
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people6,632rank #106
Youth NEET rate%30.2%rank #153
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year4rank #2
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-104.1rank #35
Human hazard & exposure0-104.3rank #35
INFORM risk score0-105.3rank #42
Lack of coping capacity0-106rank #50
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-106.1rank #52
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-105.8rank #37
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.9rank #26
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year2rank #3
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106.3rank #60
Vulnerability0-106rank #48
Vulnerable groups0-105.6rank #51
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