Zimbabwe — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Zimbabwe, 2010–2022.
Latest value · 2022
104.71%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · +3364.0% since 2010
Inflation for Zimbabwe was 104.71% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 13 years, from 2010 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 557.20% in 2020. The lowest was -2.43% in 2015 (about -43.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 34.37% per year.
Zimbabwe ranks 2 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 1%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Zimbabwe sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 81% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved up 2711%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
104.71%
First (2010)
3.02%
Change
+3364.0%
Highest
557.20%
in 2020
Lowest
-2.43%
in 2015
Average
79.61%
Annual growth (CAGR)
34.37%
Years of data
13
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 104.71% |
| 2021 | 98.55% |
| 2020 | 557.2% |
| 2019 | 255.3% |
| 2018 | 10.62% |
| 2017 | 0.89% |
| 2016 | -1.54% |
| 2015 | -2.43% |
| 2014 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.63% |
| 2012 | 3.73% |
| 2011 | 3.47% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). 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.