Economic dashboard
Investment & capital flows
Money that arrived, kept separate from money that was announced. The distance between the two is the most useful number on this page.
Capital flow indicators
FDI inflows
US$465m
Latest published observation is from 2024.
World Bank2024
Market capitalisation of listed companies
No verified series
The World Bank publishes this indicator for Zimbabwe but every observation in the requested window is empty.
Would need: World Bank, ZIMSTAT
Remittances
US$3.51bn
Latest published observation is from 2024.
World Bank2024
Announced versus realised
ZIDA approvals are licensed intentions. FDI is capital that actually arrived. They are different quantities and are never combined into one figure.
ZIDA-approved investment
Announced intentions at the point of licensing.
ZIDA-approved investment value
No verified series
ZIDA reports approvals in periodic statements and press releases, not as a machine-readable series. Realised FDI is published by the World Bank and is charted on the investment page; approvals are not, and the two are never combined.
Would need: ZIDA
Realised FDI, net inflows
Capital recorded as having entered the country.
View as table(14 periods, 1 series)
| Period | FDI inflows |
|---|---|
| 2025 | — |
| 2024 | US$465m |
| 2023 | US$604m |
| 2022 | US$337m |
| 2021 | US$237m |
| 2020 | US$150m |
| 2019 | US$250m |
| 2018 | US$414m |
| 2017 | US$307m |
| 2016 | US$343m |
| 2015 | US$399m |
| 2014 | US$473m |
| 2013 | US$373m |
| 2012 | US$350m |
A dash means no observation was published for that period. It does not mean zero. FDI inflows: World Bank
Source: World BankAs of 2024Database updated 13 Jul 2026BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD
Caveat: Realised inflows. Read against ZIDA approvals, which are announced intentions — the gap between the two is the more useful number.
Diaspora remittances
The most reliable large inflow in the external accounts, and the one least dependent on policy.
View as table(14 periods, 1 series)
| Period | Remittances |
|---|---|
| 2025 | — |
| 2024 | US$3.51bn |
| 2023 | US$3.30bn |
| 2022 | US$3.09bn |
| 2021 | US$2.57bn |
| 2020 | US$1.83bn |
| 2019 | US$1.42bn |
| 2018 | US$1.43bn |
| 2017 | US$1.73bn |
| 2016 | US$1.86bn |
| 2015 | US$2.05bn |
| 2014 | US$1.90bn |
| 2013 | US$1.89bn |
| 2012 | US$2.11bn |
A dash means no observation was published for that period. It does not mean zero. Remittances: World Bank
Source: World BankAs of 2024Database updated 13 Jul 2026BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT
Caveat: Formal channels only. Informal cross-border transfers are widely held to be material and are not captured, so this figure is a floor.