Zimbabwe Country Data

Area: total: 390,580 sq km
land: 386,670 sq km
water: 3,910 sq km

Climate: tropical moderated by altitude rainy season [November to March]

Terrain: mostly high plateau with higher central plateau [high veld] mountains in east

Natural resources: coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals

Population: 12,382,920
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 37% [male 2,314,527/female 2,270,998]
15-64 years: 59.4% [male 3,704,689/female 3,656,173]
65 years and over: 3.5% [male 197,821/female 238,712] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Zimbabwean[s]
adjective: Zimbabwean

Ethnic groups: African 98% [Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%], mixed and Asian 1%, white less than 1%

Languages: English [official], Shona, Sindebele [the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele], numerous but minor tribal dialects

Capital: name: Harare
geographic coordinates: 17 50 S, 31 03 E
time difference: UTC+2 [7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]

National holiday: Independence Day, 18 April [1980]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 18.1%
industry: 22.6%
services: 59.3% [2007 est.]

Labor force: 4.032 million [2007 est.]

Budget: revenues: $2.442 billion
expenditures: $3.017 billion [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts sheep, goats, pigs

Industries: mining [coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores], steel wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages

Exports: $1.52 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing

Exports - partners: South Africa 24.8%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 17.6%, Botswana 15.7%, US 10.4% [2006]

Imports: $2.183 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels

Imports - partners: South Africa 40.8%, Zambia 29.6%, US 4.9% [2006]

Currency (code): Zimbabwean dollar [ZWD]

Exchange rates: Zimbabwean dollars per US dollar - 30,000 [2007], 162.07 [2006], 77.965 [2005], 5.729 [2004], 0.824 [2003]
note: these are official exchange rates non-official rates vary significantly

Airports: 341 [2007]

Railways: total: 3,077 km
narrow gauge: 3,077 km 1.067-m gauge [313 km electrified] [2006]

Ports and terminals: Binga, Kariba

Trade Leads of companies wanting to do business with Zimbabwe

Generator Diesel / Gas - Neopowerco ( India ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Tue 01 Apr, 2008 6:30 am - we are leading company in the field of power generator based in india we are assembling and exporting gensets from 0 5 kva to 2000 kva of silent and ...
Targeted Countries: Uganda Togo Zimbabwe

Jixi Lung Simulation - Jiuxinmedical ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Fri 06 Jun, 2008 2:16 am - specification product lung simulators descriptions 2liter ¡¡ address china color white material silicone rubber specification pr...
Targeted Countries: El Salvador Andorra Zimbabwe

Asphalt Drum Mix Plant - Shashiexports ( India ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Thu 31 Jul, 2008 2:58 am - our asphalt plants built to stringent international and indian standards have found acceptance and acclaim by all users they are thoroughly inspect...
Targeted Countries: Algeria Zimbabwe Libya

Independent Photoelectronic Smoke Detector - Tandasecurity ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Wed 22 Oct, 2008 2:01 am - characteristics built in dedicated high performance cpu adopted advanced photoelectric detecting technology high sensitivity for kinds of smoke...
Targeted Countries: Zimbabwe Australia Sri Lanka

0.975mm Black Annealed Iron Wire, 135mm Lenght Loop Ties For Sale - Apankai ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Fri 05 Dec, 2008 2:33 am - 20gauge black annealed iron wire 5inch lenght 1000pcs bundle 1 or 5 bundles bag then on pallet about 15 000bundles per 20ft container kindly c...
Targeted Countries: South Africa Zimbabwe Madagascar

Good Sound Quality Pa Sound Speaker Tk80 - Jerry3offer ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Sat 10 Jan, 2009 8:26 am - frequency range 6db 80 hz to 20k hz sensitivity f amp gt 80hz 94db spl aes 114db spl peak spl 117db spl nominal directivi...
Targeted Countries: Zimbabwe Yemen India

Aluminium Disc / Circle - Newsmetal ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Thu 09 Apr, 2009 10:26 am - aluminium disc circle temper o h12 h14 h16 h18 h22 h24 and h26 thickness 0 30 to 7 00mm width 100 to 1500mm length as per customer'...
Targeted Countries: Philippines Zimbabwe Uzbekistan

Groundnut / Peanut - valamm ( India ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Sat 25 Apr, 2009 4:34 pm - indian groundnuts are available in different varieties like java bold inshell blanched and redskin groundnut kernels and have a rich nutty flav...
Targeted Countries: Zimbabwe Norway Nigeria

Tadano Tg-650e-3-10101 - Shchunbao ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Tue 12 May, 2009 2:20 am - tadano tg 650e 3 10101 carrier model nissan serial no 208659 year of manf 9 1999 hour used 7000 8000 hs length of main boom 11 1m 42m jib l...
Targeted Countries: Algeria Zambia Zimbabwe

Tadano Tg-800e Fully Hydraulic Truck Crane - Shchunbao ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Tue 12 May, 2009 2:18 am - tadano tg 800e fully hydraulic truck crane technical parameters carrier model nissan serial no 475485 year of manf 2003 hour used 8000 hs l...
Targeted Countries: Algeria Kenya Zimbabwe

Tadano Tl-300e-3-10101 Fully Hydraulic Truck Crane - Shchunbao ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Tue 12 May, 2009 2:14 am - tadano tl 300e 3 10101 fully hydraulic truck crane sn 667230 carrier model mitsubishi year of manf 7 2006 length of main boom 10 7 32 4m ji...
Targeted Countries: Zimbabwe Algeria South Africa

Circular Corrugated General Purpose Sheets - Newsmetal ( China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Mon 18 May, 2009 6:38 am - circular corrugated general purpose sheets * temper h4 * alloys 1050 1200 * pitch of wave 125mm height of wave 35mm * thickness 0 5 1 5m...
Targeted Countries: South Africa Egypt Zimbabwe