Wages and salaries in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Wages and salaries was 1.07 billion current LCU in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
1.07 billion current LCU
Change on year
up 36.4%
World rank
48th
of 51 countries
All-time high
1.21 billion current LCU
in 2000
All-time low
51.73 million current LCU
in 2008
Years of data
32
1980–2011

Wages and salaries in Zimbabwe, 1980–2011

0250.0M500.0M750.0M1.0B1.2B1980199520111980: 291.4M current LCU1981: 614.0M current LCU1982: 679.8M current LCU1983: 582.9M current LCU1984: 518.3M current LCU1985: 466.7M current LCU1986: 566.6M current LCU1987: 776.6M current LCU1988: 901.8M current LCU1989: 917.9M current LCU1990: 1.0B current LCU1991: 920.1M current LCU1992: 731.7M current LCU1993: 675.3M current LCU1994: 664.2M current LCU1995: 800.9M current LCU1996: 942.2M current LCU1997: 1.1B current LCU1998: 766.4M current LCU1999: 856.0M current LCU2000: 1.2B current LCU2001: 774.2M current LCU2002: 652.0M current LCU2003: 586.2M current LCU2004: 889.0M current LCU2005: 564.7M current LCU2006: 211.1M current LCU2007: 89.3M current LCU2008: 51.7M current LCU2009: 419.0M current LCU2010: 784.4M current LCU2011: 1.1B current LCU

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

Analysis

In 2011, wages and salaries in Zimbabwe stood at 1.07 billion current LCU.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 36.4% on the previous year and up 38.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wages and salaries in Zimbabwe peaked at 1.21 billion current LCU in 2000 and was at its lowest, 51.73 million current LCU, in 2008.

That places Zimbabwe 48th out of 51 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 631.59 million current LCU 291.38 million current LCU 917.89 million current LCU 10
1990s 851.92 million current LCU 664.17 million current LCU 1.13 billion current LCU 10
2000s 544.85 million current LCU 51.73 million current LCU 1.21 billion current LCU 10
2010s 927.20 million current LCU 784.41 million current LCU 1.07 billion current LCU 2

Countries ranked near Zimbabwe

  1. 45 Lesotho 3.60 billion current LCU compare
  2. 46 Eritrea 2.43 billion current LCU compare
  3. 47 Gambia 1.47 billion current LCU compare
  4. 49 Seychelles 871.06 million current LCU compare
  5. 50 Cape Verde 17,882 current LCU compare
  6. 51 Mali 0 current LCU compare

See the full ranking of 51 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is wages and salaries in Zimbabwe?
Wages and salaries in Zimbabwe was 1.07 billion current LCU in 2011, according to World Bank country economists.
What is the highest wages and salaries recorded in Zimbabwe?
The highest recorded value was 1.21 billion current LCU in 2000.
What is the lowest wages and salaries recorded in Zimbabwe?
The lowest recorded value was 51.73 million current LCU in 2008.
How does Zimbabwe rank for wages and salaries?
Zimbabwe ranks 48th out of 51 countries with data for 2011.
Is wages and salaries rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
Over the last ten years it is up 38.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
The figures come from World Bank country economists, published as part of Wages and salaries (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Wages and salaries (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,362 data points, 1966–2011
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Wages and salaries consist of all payments in cash, but not in kind, to employees in return for services rendered, before deduction of withholding taxes and employees contributions to social security and pension funds. Data are shown for central government only. Data are in current local currency.