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Zimbabwe: Current account balance (% of GDP)

1.21percent · 2024+110.1% since 2014

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Zimbabwe from 1977 to 2024.

19772024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20241.207
20230.373
20220.748
20210.843
20202.121
20192.759
2018-4.041
2017-0.531
2016-3.392
2015-7.994
2014-11.965
2013-13.867
2012-13.301
2011-19.488
2010-13.74
2009-7.553
1994-6.156
1993-1.761
1992-8.927
1991-5.279
1990-1.589
19890.204
19881.6
19870.859
19860.269
1985-1.136
1984-0.674
1983-5.116
1982-7.39
1981-6.805
1980-2.233
1979-1.089
19781.239
19770.025

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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