Zimbabwe, year by year

Every index this site holds for Zimbabwe, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.500 in 1990 to 0.598 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 63.1 years2024at birthUp 16.5 years from 46.6 years in 2005
Internet users: 42%2024of people onlineUp 39 points from 2% in 2006
Urban population: 41%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 8 points from 33% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.672024births per womanDown 0.02 from 3.69 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 82%2021of energy usedUp 1 point from 82% in 2004
Access to electricity: 62%2024of people with electricityUp 26 points from 36% in 2005
Infant mortality: 622024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 2 from 65 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.8 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 0.2 t from 0.9 t in 2005
Forest area: 45%2023of land under forestDown 2 points from 47% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 12 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.500	58.3	—	—	4.88	64.0	—	54	1.7	48.7	—	—
1991	0.502	57.0	—	30.2	4.72	63.7	—	54	1.8	48.5	—	—
1992	0.487	55.6	—	30.6	4.57	64.4	28	54	1.8	48.4	—	—
1993	0.483	54.0	—	30.9	4.39	64.4	31	55	1.6	48.3	—	—
1994	0.482	52.5	0.0	31.2	4.28	68.5	28	58	1.5	48.2	—	—
1995	0.477	51.1	0.0	31.4	4.15	67.1	32	59	1.5	48.1	—	—
1996	0.472	49.0	0.0	31.7	4.11	66.7	32	63	1.4	48.0	—	—
1997	0.472	48.5	0.0	31.9	4.08	67.4	33	62	1.3	47.8	—	—
1998	0.467	47.5	0.1	32.1	4.07	67.8	33	60	1.3	47.7	—	—
1999	0.462	46.4	0.2	32.3	4.06	64.4	38	59	1.4	47.6	—	—
2000	0.458	46.0	0.4	32.4	4.01	69.5	34	58	1.2	47.5	—	—
2001	0.456	44.5	0.8	32.5	3.98	72.3	34	58	1.2	47.4	—	—
2002	0.459	45.9	1.1	32.6	3.93	74.7	34	59	1.1	47.2	—	—
2003	0.450	45.4	1.8	32.6	3.86	78.0	35	60	0.9	47.1	—	—
2004	0.453	46.0	2.1	32.6	3.78	81.8	36	62	0.8	47.0	—	—
2005	0.455	46.6	2.4	32.6	3.69	80.3	36	65	0.9	46.9	—	—
2006	0.457	47.1	2.4	32.7	3.64	78.7	37	66	0.8	46.8	431	2454
2007	0.459	47.6	3.0	32.7	3.68	78.0	37	69	0.8	46.6	414	2396
2008	0.456	48.5	3.5	32.7	3.78	81.6	38	70	0.6	46.5	341	1987
2009	0.488	49.8	4.0	32.7	3.95	82.6	43	70	0.6	46.4	736	2233
2010	0.512	51.9	6.4	32.7	4.04	81.2	39	67	0.8	46.3	902	2661
2011	0.529	53.9	8.4	32.8	4.13	77.2	37	64	1.2	46.2	1038	3047
2012	0.545	55.4	12.0	32.8	4.13	77.0	44	59	0.9	46.0	1239	3472
2013	0.554	56.8	15.5	32.9	4.11	79.3	41	57	0.9	45.9	1363	3784
2014	0.560	58.1	16.4	33.2	4.01	80.8	32	55	0.9	45.8	1373	3903
2015	0.567	59.0	22.7	33.6	3.91	80.8	34	55	0.9	45.7	1387	4046
2016	0.570	59.8	23.1	34.1	3.83	81.7	43	54	0.8	45.6	1408	4275
2017	0.575	60.3	24.4	34.7	3.77	82.0	44	54	0.7	45.5	3445	10756
2018	0.586	60.9	25.0	35.4	3.74	79.7	45	54	0.8	45.3	2271	3993
2019	0.584	61.1	26.6	36.2	3.75	81.0	47	56	0.7	45.2	2185	4166
2020	0.582	61.5	29.3	37.0	3.75	84.1	53	58	0.6	45.1	2060	4179
2021	0.581	60.1	32.6	37.9	3.77	82.4	49	60	0.7	45.0	2614	4827
2022	0.594	62.4	36.3	38.7	3.77	—	50	62	0.7	44.9	2536	5395
2023	0.598	62.8	38.7	39.3	3.72	—	62	62	0.8	44.7	2195	5796
2024	—	63.1	41.6	39.9	3.67	—	62	62	0.8	—	2496	5933
2025	—	—	—	40.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	3021	6470
On the profile	0.598	63.1	41.6	40.5	3.67	82.4	—	—	0.8	44.7	3021	6470

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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