Thread by @DianaRunyararo

It's exactly 476 days since Emmerson assumed office in Nov 2017.
In that period the economy has grown by over 3.5%.
For the first time in years, Zimbabwe now has a budget surplus. The government is investing heavily in public infrastructure projects including roads.

Whilst many people still think that Zimbabwe's unemployment rate is 90%. The official figures show that Zimbabwe Unemployment Rate stands at 5.16%

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The benchmark interest rate in Zimbabwe was last recorded at 9.48 percent. Interest Rate in Zimbabwe averaged 12.11 percent from 2011 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 16.04 percent in March of 2012 and a record low of 8.86 percent in September of 2017.

Exports in Zimbabwe increased to $471.70m in November from $448.60m in October of 2018. Exports in Zimbabwe averaged 525.13 USD Million from 1993 until 2018, reaching an all time high of $2,496m Million in December of 1996 & a record low of $143.87m in 2011

Zimbabwe’s main exports are tobacco (23 percent of total exports) and nickel (20 percent). Others include: diamonds, platinum, ferrochrome, and gold. Zimbabwe main export partners are: South Africa, China, Congo and Botswana.

Though Zimbabwe is one of the top producers of platinum, lithium and ferrochrome in Sub Sahara. Most of these minerals are exported in their ore state without value addition. Govt is moving towards providing a framework that will encourage mineral producers to add value to ores.

Imports in Zimbabwe increased to $628.70m in November from $592.30m in October of 2018. Imports in Zimbabwe averaged $781.05m from 1993 until 2018, reaching an all time high of $6207.50m in December of 2009 & a record low of $340.69m in January of 2010.

Tourist Arrivals in Zimbabwe increased to 2,422,930 in 2017 from 2,167,686 in 2016. Tourist Arrivals in Zimbabwe averaged 1,684,950 from 1980 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 2,508,255 in 2007 and a record low of 237,668 in 1980.

Money Supply M1 in Zimbabwe increased to 8612365 USD Thousands in November from 8577104 USD Thousands in October of 2018. Money Supply M1 in Zimbabwe averaged 2743003.82 USD Thousands from 2009 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 8612365 USD Thousands in November of 2018.

External Debt in Zimbabwe increased to 11299 USD Million in 2017 from 10960 USD Million in 2016. External Debt in Zimbabwe averaged 6351.26 USD Million from 1999 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 11299 USD Million in 2017 and a record low of 3422 USD Million in 2001.

The transportation sub-index of the CPI basket in Zimbabwe increased to 227.30 Index Points in January of 2019 from 154.30 Index Points in December of 2018. CPI Transportation in Zimbabwe averaged 101.85 Index Points from 2011 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 227.30

Tobacco is one of the top foreign currency earners. In 2018 alone, Zimbabwe exported $892 million worth of tobacco.

Zimbabwe produced a record 184.1 million kilogrammes of the golden leaf last year.
Registered farmers increased by 44 percent to 170 169 farmers from 118 142 for last year.

Of the 170 842 registered growers, 41 552 are new.