Overall budget balance, including grants in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Overall budget balance, including grants was -302.36 million current LCU in 2011. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2011)
-302.36 million current LCU
Change on year
down 63.4%
World rank
13th
of 51 countries
All-time high
-114.04 million current LCU
in 2003
All-time low
-1.59 billion current LCU
in 2005
Years of data
32
1980–2011

Overall budget balance, including grants in Zimbabwe, 1980–2011

-1.5B-1.0B-500.0M01980199520111980: -270.3M current LCU1981: -522.9M current LCU1982: -575.0M current LCU1983: -579.4M current LCU1984: -566.9M current LCU1985: -490.0M current LCU1986: -601.2M current LCU1987: -660.4M current LCU1988: -656.2M current LCU1989: -683.6M current LCU1990: -645.6M current LCU1991: -547.3M current LCU1992: -570.1M current LCU1993: -529.4M current LCU1994: -595.3M current LCU1995: -844.7M current LCU1996: -768.7M current LCU1997: -736.4M current LCU1998: -256.8M current LCU1999: -650.4M current LCU2000: -1.4B current LCU2001: -636.5M current LCU2002: -248.0M current LCU2003: -114.0M current LCU2004: -442.7M current LCU2005: -1.6B current LCU2006: -1.4B current LCU2007: -1.0B current LCU2008: -1.3B current LCU2009: -193.2M current LCU2010: -185.0M current LCU2011: -302.4M current LCU

Source: World Bank country economists. Measured in current LCU.

Analysis

The most recent figure for overall budget balance, including grants in Zimbabwe is -302.36 million current LCU, measured in 2011.

That represents a change of down 63.4% on the previous year and up 52.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, overall budget balance, including grants in Zimbabwe peaked at -114.04 million current LCU in 2003 and was at its lowest, -1.59 billion current LCU, in 2005.

That places Zimbabwe 13th out of 51 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s -560.59 million current LCU -683.62 million current LCU -270.30 million current LCU 10
1990s -614.47 million current LCU -844.68 million current LCU -256.80 million current LCU 10
2000s -834.50 million current LCU -1.59 billion current LCU -114.04 million current LCU 10
2010s -243.68 million current LCU -302.36 million current LCU -185.01 million current LCU 2

Countries ranked near Zimbabwe

  1. 10 Seychelles 7.62 million current LCU compare
  2. 11 Mali -3 current LCU compare
  3. 12 Cape Verde -17,190 current LCU compare
  4. 14 Gambia -458.99 million current LCU compare
  5. 15 Malawi -633.75 million current LCU compare
  6. 16 Ghana -979.17 million current LCU compare

See the full ranking of 51 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is overall budget balance, including grants in Zimbabwe?
Overall budget balance, including grants in Zimbabwe was -302.36 million current LCU in 2011, according to World Bank country economists.
What is the highest overall budget balance, including grants recorded in Zimbabwe?
The highest recorded value was -114.04 million current LCU in 2003.
What is the lowest overall budget balance, including grants recorded in Zimbabwe?
The lowest recorded value was -1.59 billion current LCU in 2005.
How does Zimbabwe rank for overall budget balance, including grants?
Zimbabwe ranks 13th out of 51 countries with data for 2011.
Is overall budget balance, including grants rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
Over the last ten years it is up 52.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
The figures come from World Bank country economists, published as part of Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,403 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Overall budget deficit is current and capital revenue and official grants received, less total expenditure and lending minus repayments. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local currency.