Zimbabwe — GDP per capita (PPP)
GDP per Capita (PPP) for Zimbabwe, 1990–2025.
GDP per capita (PPP) for Zimbabwe was 6,470 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10,756 in 2017. The lowest was 1,987 in 2008 (about 3.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.47% per year.
Zimbabwe ranks 158 of 201 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 79%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4,379, so Zimbabwe sits above it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 40% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 60%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 17 of 47 economies; Sao Tome and Principe (6,388) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 152% in 2017. That is 19% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 2017. Doubling roughly every 28 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 121st of 186 in 1990 → 126th of 194 in 2000 → 168th of 200 in 2010 → 163rd of 198 in 2020 → 145th of 185 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | current international $ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,470.42 | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 5,932.87 | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 5,795.99 | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 5,395.02 | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 4,827.11 | +15.5% |
| 2020 | 4,178.51 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 4,165.92 | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 3,992.89 | -62.9% |
| 2017 | 10,756.45 | +151.6% |
| 2016 | 4,275.45 | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 4,045.9 | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 3,903.43 | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 3,783.95 | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 3,472.49 | +14.0% |
| 2011 | 3,047.32 | +14.5% |
| 2010 | 2,661.36 | +19.2% |
| 2009 | 2,232.85 | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 1,986.91 | -17.1% |
| 2007 | 2,396.38 | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 2,453.76 | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 2,495.92 | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 2,591.02 | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 2,707.99 | -16.4% |
| 2002 | 3,237.57 | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 3,533.09 | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 3,429.12 | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 3,490.86 | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 3,527.15 | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 3,457.07 | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 3,372.47 | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 3,051.17 | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 3,011.63 | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 2,702.58 | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 2,651 | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 2,930.32 | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 2,756.77 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Zimbabwe’s GDP per capita (PPP) in 1991?
2,930.32 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Zimbabwe’s GDP per capita (PPP) figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current international $ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Zimbabwe’s GDP per capita (PPP) growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +134.7% in total — about 2.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 6,470.42; 2024: 5,932.87; 2023: 5,795.99; 2022: 5,395.02; 2021: 4,827.11. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD — GDP per Capita (PPP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.