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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's inflation rate is 81.40 %, the highest of 126. And its savings vs inflation is -75.16 %, the lowest of 70.
Of 12 fields published for Zimbabwe, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
56 % of US prices
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
-75.16 %
A bank account in Zimbabwe loses about 75.2 pp of purchasing power a year — the deposit rate trails inflation.
Deposit rate
6.24 %
Inflation rate
81.40 %
At 81.4 % a year, prices double in about 1 years if it holds.
Bank spread
40.12 %
the 2nd highest of 62
Debt per person
$1,323
ranked 19th of 123
Where Zimbabwe sits, field by field
Each dot is Zimbabwe’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Inflation rate81.40 %126 of 126
- Savings vs inflation-75.16 %70 of 70
- Lending rate46.36 %66 of 67
- Bank spread40.12 %61 of 62
- GDP growth8.11 %9 of 127
- GDP per capita$3,021109 of 127
- Debt per person$1,32319 of 123
- Unemployment rate9.29 %103 of 124
- Public holidays13 days36 of 104
- Deposit rate6.24 %25 of 70
- Government debt43.80 %44 of 124
- Price level56 % of US prices79 of 125
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Angola
avg gap 12.5 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 8.11 % (Zimbabwe) vs 3.13 %
Ghana
avg gap 17.9 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 9.29 % (Zimbabwe) vs 2.98 %
Kyrgyzstan
avg gap 18.2 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 9.29 % (Zimbabwe) vs 3.53 %
Mongolia
avg gap 18.4 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: price level — 56 % of US prices (Zimbabwe) vs 34 % of US prices
| Public holidays | 13 days | ranked 36th of 104 | |
| Deposit rate | 6.24 % | ranked 25th of 70 | |
| Government debt | 43.80 % | ranked 44th of 124 | |
| Price level | 56 % of US prices | ranked 79th of 125 |
✓ 12 fields published for Zimbabwe, every one dated and sourced · 23 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Zimbabwe: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, minimum wage (ppp), retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax, currency, money's value.
Sources for all 12 figures
- Inflation rate — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025