Zimbabwe's economic growth accelerated to 6.3 percent in 2021 from the 5.3 percent contraction recorded in 2020. Inflation fell to 91.8 percent in 2021 from 557.3 percent in 2020, As of December 2021, the official exchange rate of ZWL 108 to USD 1 is overvalued, as indicated by the 67 percent gap with the parallel rate of ZWL 180 to USD 1. Nevertheless, the current account has remained positive. In August 2021, Zimbabwe received an SDR allocation of $655.6 million (equivalent to US$960 million). (Download detailed Analysis Source : Report African Economic Outlook 2022 ; AfDB)
In June 2017, the banking sector of Zimbabwe represented a total asset of $9.7 billion.
Credit distributed to businesses represents $2.6 billion and, more broadly, credit to private sector totaling $3.5 billion.
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has 64 listed companies, representing, at the end of 2017, a market capitalization of $13 billion.
