Uganda vs Zimbabwe: Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person
Uganda
2.7%
in 2025
Zimbabwe
2.9%
in 2025
Uganda rank
52nd
Zimbabwe rank
51st
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person over time
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 2.9% against 2.7% in Uganda, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Uganda ahead.
Uganda ranks 52nd and Zimbabwe ranks 51st of 200 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Uganda averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Uganda | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.0% | -6.1% | 10.1% | Uganda |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 4.7% | 3.5% | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person, Uganda or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 2.9% against 2.7% in Uganda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person between Uganda and Zimbabwe?
- 0.2%, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Uganda and Zimbabwe?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Uganda and Zimbabwe rank globally for annual growth rate of real gdp per employed person?
- Uganda ranks 52nd and Zimbabwe ranks 51st of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.