Tag: Zimstat
Fuel Surge Drives April Inflation Spike
By Talkmore Gandiwa
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s inflationary momentum significantly accelerated in April 2026, with the USD month-on-month rate rising to 1.1%, gaining 0.6 percentage points...
Zimstat: 76% of Zimbabwean Businesses Remain Informal
By Kovedzayi Takawira
Harare -The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has revealed that approximately 76.1% of businesses in the country are operating informally.
Speaking at the...
Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey to Start this Friday
Benhilda Magomo
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Child Care will from this Friday to April 2024,...
Government sets aside $9 billion for national census
Takudzwa Musakasa
HARARE – The Government of Zimbabwe has set aside $9 billion for the population and housing census to be conducted from 21 April...
Zim remains in extreme poverty range as December PDL rises 5.5%
HARARE – The country’s poverty datum line rose 5.5% to $4 670.04 in December from $4 425.64 the previous month. This means that a...
Average Zimbabwean needed US$1.79 per day not to be considered poor...
Tapiwanashe Mangwiro
HARARE – The average Zimbabwean needed at least $4 426 not to be considered poor in November 2020. This translates to US$1.80 per...
National Census dates moved a year earlier to 2021
HARARE (FinX) – Cabinet has directed the national statistics agency to conduct the national census next year instead of the planned 2022, which would...
May inflation slows as coronavirus lockdown weighs
HARARE –Annual inflation rose in May, albeit at a much slower pace due to due to reduced economic activity and aggregate demand during the...
Zimstat: PDL rose 17% to $5 293 in February
HARARE – An average Zimbabwean family required at least $5,293 in February this year to meet its basic needs for it not to be...
Zimstat says unemployment rate at 16%
Farai Mabeza
HARARE - About 1.2 million people in Zimbabwe have given up on securing employment, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has said as...
