Sam Nujoma Street in Harare.

The economy of Zimbabwe relies on the tertiary sector of the economy, also known as the service sector of the economy, which makes up to 60% of total GDP as of 2017. Zimbabwe has the second largest, by percentage, informal economy in the world, with a score of 60.6%. Agriculture and mining largely contribute to exports. After continuous negative growth between 1997 and 2008, the economy of Zimbabwe has seen rapid but volatile growth, averaging 11% on an end-to-end basis.

The country has reserves of metallurgical-grade chromite. Other commercial mineral deposits include coal, asbestos, copper, nickel, gold, platinum and Iron ore. (Full article...)