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

0.479 → 0.550 (+0.071)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth46.6 → 63.1 (+16.5)

Internet users2 → 42 (+39)

Urban population33 → 41 (+8)

Births per woman3.69 → 3.67 (-0.02)

Renewable share of energy82 → 82 (+1)

Access to electricity36 → 62 (+26)

Infant mortality65 → 62 (-2)

CO2 emissions per person0.9 → 0.8 (-0.2)

Forest area47 → 45 (-2)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 14 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	0.479	58.3	—	—	4.88	64	—	54	1.7	48.7	—	—
1991	0.481	57.0	—	30	4.72	64	—	54	1.8	48.5	—	—
1992	0.465	55.6	—	31	4.57	64	28	54	1.8	48.4	—	—
1993	0.460	54.0	—	31	4.39	64	31	55	1.6	48.3	—	—
1994	0.457	52.5	0	31	4.28	69	28	58	1.5	48.2	—	—
1995	0.449	51.1	0	31	4.15	67	32	59	1.5	48.1	—	—
1996	0.448	49.0	0	32	4.11	67	32	63	1.4	48.0	—	—
1997	0.445	48.5	0	32	4.08	67	33	62	1.3	47.8	—	—
1998	0.439	47.5	0	32	4.07	68	33	60	1.3	47.7	—	—
1999	0.431	46.4	0	32	4.06	64	38	59	1.4	47.6	—	—
2000	0.426	46.0	0	32	4.01	70	34	58	1.2	47.5	—	—
2001	0.416	44.5	1	33	3.98	72	34	58	1.2	47.4	—	—
2002	0.427	45.9	1	33	3.93	75	34	59	1.1	47.2	—	—
2003	0.414	45.4	2	33	3.86	78	35	60	0.9	47.1	—	—
2004	0.419	46.0	2	33	3.78	82	36	62	0.8	47.0	—	—
2005	0.420	46.6	2	33	3.69	80	36	65	0.9	46.9	—	—
2006	0.422	47.1	2	33	3.64	79	37	66	0.8	46.8	431	2454
2007	0.423	47.6	3	33	3.68	78	37	69	0.8	46.6	414	2396
2008	0.420	48.5	4	33	3.78	82	38	70	0.6	46.5	341	1987
2009	0.454	49.8	4	33	3.95	83	43	70	0.6	46.4	736	2233
2010	0.481	51.9	6	33	4.04	81	39	67	0.8	46.3	902	2661
2011	0.502	53.9	8	33	4.13	77	37	64	1.2	46.2	1038	3047
2012	0.522	55.4	12	33	4.13	77	44	59	0.9	46.0	1239	3472
2013	0.532	56.8	16	33	4.11	79	41	57	0.9	45.9	1363	3784
2014	0.539	58.1	16	33	4.01	81	32	55	0.9	45.8	1373	3903
2015	0.544	59.0	23	34	3.91	81	34	55	0.9	45.7	1387	4046
2016	0.547	59.8	23	34	3.83	82	43	54	0.8	45.6	1408	4275
2017	0.552	60.3	24	35	3.77	82	44	54	0.7	45.5	3445	10756
2018	0.564	60.9	25	35	3.74	80	45	54	0.8	45.3	2271	3993
2019	0.560	61.1	27	36	3.75	81	47	56	0.7	45.2	2185	4166
2020	0.554	61.5	29	37	3.75	84	53	58	0.6	45.1	2060	4179
2021	0.549	60.1	33	38	3.77	82	49	60	0.7	45.0	2614	4827
2022	0.550	62.4	36	39	3.77	—	50	62	0.7	44.9	2536	5395
2023	—	62.8	39	39	3.72	—	62	62	0.8	44.7	2195	5796
2024	—	63.1	42	40	3.67	—	62	62	0.8	—	2496	5933
2025	—	—	—	41	—	—	—	—	—	—	3021	6470
Profile shows	0.550	63.1	42	41	3.67	82	—	—	0.8	44.7	3021	6470

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; 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 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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