Zimbabwe possesses extraordinary mineral wealth, including the world's second-largest platinum deposits, significant gold reserves, and Africa's largest lithium deposits at Bikita Minerals and Arcadia (owned by Prospect Resources/Zhejiang Huayou). The country is also a major producer of chrome, diamonds, and nickel.
Agriculture remains vital, with tobacco as the leading agricultural export (world's sixth-largest producer). Victoria Falls is an iconic tourism destination. The economy has faced persistent macroeconomic challenges including hyperinflation, currency instability, and a complex multi-currency system using both USD and the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) introduced in April 2024.
The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) administers investment facilitation. The government's "Vision 2030" targets upper-middle-income status. Key reforms needed include currency stability, property rights clarity, and reduction of the informal economy.
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Climate Readiness Full ranking
How this is computed
Adaptive capacity to absorb climate finance and adapt, following the readiness dimension of the ND-GAIN framework, from measured indicators only. It is not a measure of emissions or physical climate vulnerability.
- Energy access (30%): World Bank, access to electricity (% of population). The single most climate and energy specific signal held: SDG 7 and the clean-energy transition.
- Governance readiness (20%): Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index (0-100). ND-GAIN governance readiness: the capacity to govern and deploy climate finance. Higher is cleaner.
- Human readiness (20%): UNDP, Human Development Index (0-1). ND-GAIN social readiness: the adaptive capacity of the population.
- Economic readiness (15%): World Bank, GDP per capita (current US$), latest measured year. ND-GAIN economic readiness: the capacity to finance adaptation. Scored relative to the covered set.
- Digital readiness (15%): World Bank, individuals using the Internet (% of population). Information systems for early warning and adaptation.
A country is scored only when at least 4 of the five indicators are held. Sub-scores are weighted and renormalised over the indicators that are present; nothing is estimated for one that is absent.
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Trade
Exports $7.90B (2024)
25.1% to other African countries
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Top export products (HS 4)
By HS chapter
Imports $9.73B (2024)
53.3% from other African countries
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Top import products (HS 4)
By HS chapter
Source: CEPII BACI (version 202601, updated 22 Jan 2026), Etalab 2.0 (licence). Goods only, HS 2022, current USD, 2024. Aggregated by allbusiness.africa.
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