Distillers Country guides / Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
A one-page guide to Zimbabwe for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Area
- 390,760 km²
People
- Population
- 17.0 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 1.9% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 40.5%
- Aged under 15
- 40.3%
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.6%
- Life expectancy
- 63.1 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$51.2 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$3,021 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 8.11% (2025)
Alcohol
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 3.63 litres of pure alcohol (2019)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); World Bank API; Our World in Data / WHO GISAH alcohol per capita; UN Comtrade API; Delta Corporation results - Food Business Africa; Sagaci Research: Spirits market in Zimbabwe. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.