Zimbabwe's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) was 86.16 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 10.53 million% from 818,100 in 2015 (217.87% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 86.16 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 30.72 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 818,100 | 2015 |
| Highest | 86.16 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 18,796 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 13.77 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 18,796 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Zimbabwe's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) rose 83.2% on 2024 (from 47.02 billion to 86.16 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +151.6% and a typical year strayed about 338% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1,243.6% in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 65.3% in 2007. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 6.82 billion a year. A straight line explains 50% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Zimbabwe had the 83rd highest value of the 150 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Zimbabwe in the 2025 ranking
- Honduras — 80th of 150: 97.13 billion
- Ghana — 81st of 150: 94.62 billion
- Nicaragua — 82nd of 150: 90.12 billion
- Equatorial Guinea — 84th of 150: 68.75 billion
- Guinea-Bissau — 85th of 150: 67.03 billion
- Guatemala — 86th of 150: 61.91 billion
What this measures
Taxes less subsidies on products are taxes payable per unit of a good or service. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 86,160,045,142 |
| 2024 | 47,019,743,900 |
| 2023 | 3,841,473,300 |
| 2022 | 576,367,800 |
| 2021 | 72,827,000 |
| 2020 | 30,719,000 |
| 2019 | 4,651,100 |
| 2018 | 1,576,300 |
| 2017 | 1,484,100 |
| 2016 | 751,600 |
| 2015 |
Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 1.11 trillion (2025)
- Benin — 1.36 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 15.36 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 1.36 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 1.63 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 48.82 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 2.44 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 209.12 billion (2025)
- Chad — 380.05 billion (2025)
- Comoros
More economic policy & debt data for Zimbabwe
- Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices (current US$) — US$48.51 billion (2025)
- Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices (current LCU) — 1.54 trillion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$51.22 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 1.63 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$25.48 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 74.26 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$3,021 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 96,071 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,503 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 4,381 (2025)
- GNI (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Zimbabwe's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU)?
- 86.16 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 458.39 million% from 18,796 in 1960 (26.61% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 86.16 billion in 2025 and the lowest 18,796 in 1960.
- How does Zimbabwe rank?
- 83rd highest of 150 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) unusual for Zimbabwe?
- In 2025, Zimbabwe's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) rose 83.2% on 2024 (from 47.02 billion to 86.16 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +151.6% and a typical year strayed about 338% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.TAX.NIND.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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