Facts

Zimbabwe's current condition

  • Life expectancy at birth: for men, 37 years and for women 34 years.
  • 6.8% of all children die at birth; more than 20% will die before reaching age 5.
  • Over 25% of the adult population has HIV/AIDS.
  • Major diseases include HIV/AIDS, hepatitis A, typhoid, malaria, and bacterial diarrhea.
  • 80% of the population is currently unemployed; yet the literacy rate is 91%.
  • Inflation is the highest in the world. The IMF predicts it will reach 5,000% by year end.
  • The people suffer from acute shortages of food, clean water, medicines, fuel and foreign exchange (currency).
  • 82.88% of the population today lives below the poverty line.
  • In many areas of the country people are forced to live on less than one (1) meal per day.
  • 1.8 million children are orphans (14% of the population).