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note: this number reflects the vastly overvalued official exchange rate of 30,000 Zimbabwe dollars per US dollar; at an unofficial rate of 800,000 Zimbabwe dollars per US dollar, the stock of Zimbabwe dollars would equal only about US$500 million and Zimbabwe's velocity of money (the number of times money turns over in the course of a year) would be nine, in line with the velocity of money for other countries in the region
Stock of quasi money:
$NA (31 December 2008)
$5.349 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$NA (31 December 2008)
$24.91 billion (31 December 2007)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 87 $5.333 billion (31 December 2007)
$26.56 billion (31 December 2006)
Agriculture - products:
corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; sheep, goats, pigs
Industries:
mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages
Industrial production growth rate:
-14.7% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 168
Electricity - production:
8.89 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 95
Electricity - consumption:
10.89 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 80
Electricity - exports:
32 million kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
2.691 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 119
Oil - consumption:
13,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 143
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 162
Oil - imports:
13,830 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 131
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 111
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 108
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 116
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008) country comparison to the world: 83
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 108
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 117
Current account balance:
-$584.6 million (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 107 -$494.8 million (2007 est.)
Exports:
$1.396 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 140 $1.467 billion (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
Exports - partners:
South Africa 32.1%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.7%, Botswana 8.7%, China 5.6%, Zambia 4.8%, Japan 4.5%, Italy 4.4%, US 4.3% (2008)
Imports:
$1.915 billion (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 151 $1.975 billion (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels
Imports - partners:
South Africa 60.1%, China 4.2%, Botswana 3.7% (2008)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$96 million (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 148 $117 million (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$5.669 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 103 $5.155 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$NA
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$NA
Exchange rates:
Zimbabwean dollars (ZWD) per US dollar - NA (2008 est.), 30,000 (2007), 162.07 (2006), 77.965 (2005), 5.729 (2004)
note: these are official exchange rates; non-official rates vary significantly
Communications ::Zimbabwe
Telephones - main lines in use:
354,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 109
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.655 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 130
Telephone system:
general assessment: system was once one of the best in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance; more than 100,000 outstanding requests for connection despite an equally large number of installed but unused main lines
domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines, radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop installations, and a substantial mobile-cellular network; Internet connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns and for some of the smaller ones
international: country code - 263; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; 2 international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998)
Television broadcast stations:
16 (1997)
Internet country code:
.zw
Internet hosts:
29,094 (2009) country comparison to the world: 91
Internet users:
1.421 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 78
Transportation ::Zimbabwe
Airports:
215 (2009) country comparison to the world: 28
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 19
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2009)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 196
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 119
under 914 m: 74 (2009)
Pipelines:
refined products 270 km (2008)
Railways:
total: 3,077 km country comparison to the world: 55 narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified) (2008)
Roadways:
total: 97,267 km country comparison to the world: 45 paved: 18,481 km
unpaved: 78,786 km (2002)
Waterways:
on Lake Kariba (2008)
Ports and terminals:
Binga, Kariba
Military ::Zimbabwe
Military branches:
Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) (2009)
Military service age and obligation:
18-24 years of age for compulsory military service; women are eligible to serve (2007)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 3,264,258
females age 16-49: 3,048,049 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,198,727
females age 16-49: 1,436,232 (2009 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 149,592
female: 149,717 (2009 est.)
Military expenditures:
3.8% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 35
Transnational Issues ::Zimbabwe
Disputes - international:
Botswana built electric fences and South Africa has placed military along the border to stem the flow of thousands of Zimbabweans fleeing to find work and escape political persecution; Namibia has supported, and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to, plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly delimited, Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 2,500 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
IDPs: 569,685 (MUGABE-led political violence, human rights violations, land reform, and economic collapse) (2007)
Trafficking in persons:
current situation: Zimbabwe is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; large scale migration of Zimbabweans to surrounding countries - as they flee a progressively more desperate situation at home - has increased; rural Zimbabwean men, women, and children are trafficked internally to farms for agricultural labor and domestic servitude and to cities for domestic labor and commercial sexual exploitation; young men and boys are trafficked to South Africa for farm work, often laboring for months in South Africa without pay before "employers" have them arrested and deported as illegal immigrants; young women and girls are lured abroad with false employment offers that result in involuntary domestic servitude or commercial sexual exploitation; men, women, and children from neighboring states are trafficked through Zimbabwe en route to South Africa
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Zimbabwe is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of human trafficking, and because the absolute number of victims of severe forms of trafficking is significantly increasing; the trafficking situation in the country is worsening as more of the population is made vulnerable by declining socio-economic conditions (2008)
Illicit drugs:
transit point for cannabis and South Asian heroin, mandrax, and methamphetamines en route to South Africa
page last updated on November 11, 2009
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Field Listing :: GDP (purchasing power parity)
This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The differences between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the wealthy industrialized countries are generally much smaller. Country Comparison to the World Country
GDP (purchasing power parity)
Afghanistan $22.32 billion (2008 est.) $21.58 billion (2007 est.) $19.25 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Albania $21.86 billion (2008 est.) $20.61 billion (2007 est.) $19.44 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars Albania has an informal, and unreported, sector that may be as large as 50% of official GDP
Algeria $233.5 billion (2008 est.) $225.6 billion (2007 est.) $218.8 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
American Samoa $575.3 million (2007 est.) $510.1 million (2003 est.)
Andorra $3.66 billion (2007) $3.588 billion (2006) $2.77 billion (2005)
Angola $112.8 billion (2008 est.) $100.5 billion (2007 est.) $82.94 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Anguilla $108.9 million (2004 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda $1.639 billion (2008 est.) $1.594 billion (2007 est.) $1.491 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Argentina $575.2 billion (2008 est.) $538.6 billion (2007 est.) $495.5 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Armenia $18.81 billion (2008 est.) $17.62 billion (2007 est.) $15.48 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Aruba $2.258 billion (2005 est.) $2.205 billion (2004 est.)
Australia $802.9 billion (2008 est.) $784.1 billion (2007 est.) $753.9 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Austria $331.2 billion (2008 est.) $324.7 billion (2007 est.) $313.7 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Azerbaijan $77.79 billion (2008 est.) $70.21 billion (2007 est.) $56.17 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bahamas, The $9.352 billion (2008 est.) $9.495 billion (2007 est.) $9.236 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bahrain $26.89 billion (2008 est.) $25.29 billion (2007 est.) $23.34 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bangladesh $226.4 billion (2008 est.) $214 billion (2007 est.) $201.5 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Barbados $5.367 billion (2008 est.) $5.329 billion (2007 est.) $5.159 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Belarus $114.3 billion (2008 est.) $103.9 billion (2007 est.) $96.06 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Belgium $390.2 billion (2008 est.) $386.3 billion (2007 est.) $376.5 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Belize $2.542 billion (2008 est.) $2.468 billion (2007 est.) $2.43 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Benin $12.86 billion (2008 est.) $12.28 billion (2007 est.) $11.75 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bermuda $4.5 billion (2004 est.)
Bhutan $3.533 billion (2008 est.) $2.91 billion (2007 est.) $2.738 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bolivia $43.38 billion (2008 est.) $40.88 billion (2007 est.) $39.08 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bosnia and Herzegovina $29.77 billion (2008 est.) $28.22 billion (2007 est.) $26.62 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars Bosnia has a large informal sector that may be as much as 50% of official GDP
Botswana $27.11 billion (2008 est.) $26.35 billion (2007 est.) $25.23 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Brazil $1.998 trillion (2008 est.) $1.901 trillion (2007 est.) $1.798 trillion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
British Virgin Islands $853.4 million (2004 est.)
Brunei $19.58 billion (2008 est.) $19.96 billion (2007 est.) $19.92 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Bulgaria $93.98 billion (2008 est.) $88.66 billion (2007 est.) $83.48 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Burkina Faso $17.96 billion (2008 est.) $17.11 billion (2007 est.) $16.5 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Burma $55.27 billion (2008 est.) $54.66 billion (2007 est.) $52.87 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Burundi $3.109 billion (2008 est.) $2.976 billion (2007 est.) $2.872 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cambodia $28.01 billion (2008 est.) $26.67 billion (2007 est.) $24.2 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cameroon $42.69 billion (2008 est.) $41.33 billion (2007 est.) $39.93 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Canada $1.303 trillion (2008 est.) $1.298 trillion (2007 est.) $1.266 trillion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cape Verde $1.63 billion (2008 est.) $1.545 billion (2007 est.) $1.446 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cayman Islands $1.939 billion (2004 est.) $1.922 billion (2003 est.)
Central African Republic $3.184 billion (2008 est.) $3.115 billion (2007 est.) $3.004 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Chad $15.82 billion (2008 est.) $15.85 billion (2007 est.) $15.82 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Chile $245.1 billion (2008 est.) $237.5 billion (2007 est.) $226.8 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
China $7.992 trillion (2008 est.) $7.332 trillion (2007 est.) $6.489 trillion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Christmas Island $NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands $NA
Colombia $396 billion (2008 est.) $386.7 billion (2007 est.) $359.7 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Comoros $741.7 million (2008 est.) $738 million (2007 est.) $745.5 million (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $20.76 billion (2008 est.) $19.61 billion (2007 est.) $18.32 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Congo, Republic of the $15.39 billion (2008 est.) $14.46 billion (2007 est.) $14.7 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cook Islands $183.2 million (2005 est.)
Costa Rica $48.84 billion (2008 est.) $47.6 billion (2007 est.) $44.16 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cote d'Ivoire $34.12 billion (2008 est.) $33.36 billion (2007 est.) $32.79 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Croatia $82.58 billion (2008 est.) $80.65 billion (2007 est.) $76.44 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cuba $108.4 billion (2008 est.) $103.9 billion (2007 est.) $96.9 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Cyprus $22.76 billion (2008 est.) $21.94 billion (2007 est.) $21.02 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Czech Republic $264.8 billion (2008 est.) $258.1 billion (2007 est.) $243.2 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Denmark $204.1 billion (2008 est.) $206.6 billion (2007 est.) $203.3 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Djibouti $1.891 billion (2008 est.) $1.786 billion (2007 est.) $1.696 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Dominica $726.3 million (2008 est.) $703.8 million (2007 est.) $691.4 million (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Dominican Republic $78.19 billion (2008 est.) $74.25 billion (2007 est.) $68.43 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Ecuador $108 billion (2008 est.) $101.4 billion (2007 est.) $98.93 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Egypt $444.8 billion (2008 est.) $414.9 billion (2007 est.) $387.4 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
El Salvador $43.73 billion (2008 est.) $42.66 billion (2007 est.) $40.75 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Equatorial Guinea $23 billion (2008 est.) $20.8 billion (2007 est.) $16.98 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Eritrea $3.954 billion (2008 est.) $3.876 billion (2007 est.) $3.838 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Estonia $28.03 billion (2008 est.) $29.08 billion (2007 est.) $27.13 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Ethiopia $70.23 billion (2008 est.) $62.93 billion (2007 est.) $56.64 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
European Union $14.94 trillion (2008 est.) $14.82 trillion (2007 est.) $14.39 trillion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $105.1 million (2002 est.)
Faroe Islands $1 billion (2001 est.)
Fiji $3.587 billion (2008 est.) $3.58 billion (2007 est.) $3.833 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Finland $194 billion (2008 est.) $192.4 billion (2007 est.) $184.8 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
France $2.133 trillion (2008 est.) $2.126 trillion (2007 est.) $2.078 trillion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
French Polynesia $4.718 billion (2004 est.) $4.58 billion (2003 est.)
Gabon $21.16 billion (2008 est.) $20.74 billion (2007 est.) $19.64 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Gambia, The $2.277 billion (2008 est.) $2.15 billion (2007 est.) $2.023 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Gaza Strip $11.95 billion (2008 est.) $5.034 billion (2006 est.) $5.327 billion (2005 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Georgia $21.56 billion (2008 est.) $21.12 billion (2007 est.) $18.81 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Germany $2.925 trillion (2008 est.) $2.887 trillion (2007 est.) $2.817 trillion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Ghana $34.52 billion (2008 est.) $32.17 billion (2007 est.) $30.27 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Gibraltar $1.066 billion (2005 est.) $769 million (2000 est.)
Greece $343.8 billion (2008 est.) $334.1 billion (2007 est.) $321.3 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Greenland $1.1 billion (2001 est.)
Grenada $1.19 billion (2008 est.) $1.165 billion (2007 est.) $1.11 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Guam $2.5 billion (2005 est.)
Guatemala $68.75 billion (2008 est.) $66.1 billion (2007 est.) $62.18 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Guernsey $2.742 billion (2005)
Guinea $10.62 billion (2008 est.) $10.17 billion (2007 est.) $10.02 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Guinea-Bissau $896.5 million (2008 est.) $867.9 million (2007 est.) $845.1 million (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Guyana $2.973 billion (2008 est.) $2.887 billion (2007 est.) $2.739 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Haiti $11.53 billion (2008 est.) $11.38 billion (2007 est.) $11 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Holy See (Vatican City) $NA
Honduras $33.8 billion (2008 est.) $32.5 billion (2007 est.) $30.57 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Hong Kong $307.3 billion (2008 est.) $300.1 billion (2007 est.) $282.1 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Hungary $196.7 billion (2008 est.) $195.5 billion (2007 est.) $193.2 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Iceland $12.87 billion (2008 est.) $12.7 billion (2007 est.) $12.03 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
India $3.304 trillion (2008 est.) $3.077 trillion (2007 est.) $2.823 trillion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Indonesia $916.7 billion (2008 est.) $864 billion (2007 est.) $812.8 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Iran $843.7 billion (2008 est.) $792.2 billion (2007 est.) $734.7 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Iraq $90.23 billion (2008 est.) $83.7 billion (2007 est.) $82.46 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Ireland $189 billion (2008 est.) $194.9 billion (2007 est.) $183.9 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Isle of Man $2.719 billion (2005 est.)
Israel $203.4 billion (2008 est.) $195.2 billion (2007 est.) $185.6 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Italy $1.827 trillion (2008 est.) $1.845 trillion (2007 est.) $1.818 trillion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Jamaica $24.04 billion (2008 est.) $24.19 billion (2007 est.) $23.85 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Japan $4.34 trillion (2008 est.) $4.37 trillion (2007 est.) $4.272 trillion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Jersey $5.1 billion (2005 est.)
Jordan $31.68 billion (2008 est.) $30 billion (2007 est.) $28.14 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Kazakhstan $176.2 billion (2008 est.) $172.1 billion (2007 est.) $158.6 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Kenya $61.65 billion (2008 est.) $60.62 billion (2007 est.) $56.68 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Kiribati $580.8 million (2008 est.) $561.7 million (2007 est.) $564.6 million (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Korea, North $40 billion (2008 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Korea, South $1.338 trillion (2008 est.) $1.309 trillion (2007 est.) $1.245 trillion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Kosovo $5 billion (2007 est.)
Kuwait $149.5 billion (2008 est.) $137.8 billion (2007 est.) $131.6 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Kyrgyzstan $11.64 billion (2008 est.) $10.82 billion (2007 est.) $9.971 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Laos $14.01 billion (2008 est.) $13.04 billion (2007 est.) $12.13 billion (2006 est.) note: data are in 2008 US dollars