Member state
Zimbabwe at the United Nations
- Admitted
- 1980-08-25
- ISO 3166-1
- ZW / ZWE
- Admitted by
- A/RES/S-11/1
International organisations
Every organisation this state belongs to that is compiled here, with the date it joined. Membership is resolved against this site’s own list of member states rather than taken from a query.
| Organisation | Joined |
|---|---|
| United Nations | 1980-08-25 |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | 1980-09-22 |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | 1980-09-29 |
| World Meteorological Organization | 1981-01-12 |
| International Telecommunication Union | 1981-02-10 |
| Universal Postal Union | 1981-07-31 |
| World Health Organization | not recorded |
| World Trade Organization | not recorded |
| African Union | not recorded |
| Southern African Development Community | not recorded |
Peacekeeping contribution
Uniformed personnel this state had deployed to UN missions in 2026-07-31, the most recent month the UN Peace and Security Data Hub reports. Counts are deployments, not distinct people.
| Personnel | Deployed | Of whom women |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Police | 20 | 10 |
| Staff Officer | 8 | 2 |
| Experts on Mission | 4 | 4 |
Every contributor, month by month
Position in General Assembly voting
A statistical estimate of where this state sat on the main axis of General Assembly voting, not a record of any vote. The range is what the model treats as credible; neither end of the scale is the better one.
| Year | Estimate | Credible range | Votes cast |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.68 | -0.92 to -0.44 | 181 |
| 2024 | -0.94 | -1.13 to -0.75 | 100 |
| 2023 | -0.85 | -1.05 to -0.66 | 85 |
| 2022 | -1.11 | -1.32 to -0.90 | 78 |
| 2021 | -0.84 | -1.07 to -0.61 | 84 |
| 2020 | -0.50 | -0.68 to -0.32 | 94 |
People of concern
As recorded by UNHCR’s Refugee Data Finder for 2025 — UNHCR’s own reporting categories, not a census.
| Category | People |
|---|---|
| Refugees hosted | 8,570 |
| Asylum-seekers hosted | 9,495 |
| Refugees from Zimbabwe abroad | 6,632 |
Population projection
United Nations World Population Prospects, median variant — a projection, not a count.
| 2025 | 2030 | 2035 | 2040 | 2045 | 2050 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16,950,795 | 18,610,349 | 20,409,146 | 22,250,109 | 24,102,380 | 25,866,385 |
Service on principal organs
Elected terms as recorded by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. A year marked pending is one the Library publishes as a partial list because its elections have not yet been held.
Economic and Social Council
2023 2022 2021 2017 2016 2015 2004 2003 2002 1996 1995 1994 1987 1986 1985
Security Council
Permanent representatives
3 recorded. Full list
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Stuart Comberbach | 2021-04 | in office / not recorded |
| Frederick Shava | 2014-09 | 2021-02-08 |
| Boniface Chidyausiku | 2003 | 2010 |
Permanent mission
- Mission
- Permanent Mission of Zimbabwe to the United Nations
- Address
- Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the United Nations, 228 East 45th Street, Third Floor, New York, NY 10017
- National holiday
- 18 April
- Accredited diplomats
- 18
Accredited diplomats
- Mr. Albert Ranganai Chimbindi Ambassador / Permanent Representative
- Mrs. Petronellar Nyagura Minister Plenipotentiary / Deputy Permanent Representative
- Mr. Muchineripi Mudzviti Minister Plenipotentiary
- Mr. Kingstone Ziyera Minister Counsellor
- Mrs. Kumbirayi Taremba Minister Counsellor
- Mrs. Irene Muchaitei Juru Minister Counsellor
- Mr. Tirivavi Mawire Minister Counsellor / Military Adviser
- Ms. Elizabeth Kumire Counsellor
- Mr. Stanley Ralph Chekeche Counsellor
- Mr. Darlington Mashoko Kadyautumbe Counsellor / Military Adviser
- Mr. Tapiwa Roy Rupende Counsellor
- Mr. Garikai Manyanga Counsellor
- Mr. Francis Winston Changara Counsellor
- Ms. Susan Chauyabu Denhere Gumbo Counsellor
- Ms. Priscilla Chikuturudzi Second Secretary
- Mr. Kennedy Mutawu Second Secretary
- Mrs. Lidea Shamu Third Secretary
- Mr. Moses Chikanyairo Third Secretary
The numbers
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Since 1982 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy rate | 93.23 | 2019 | |
| CO2 emissions per capita | 0.7728 | 2024 | |
| GDP | 51,215,643,906 | 2025 | |
| GNI per capita | 2,660 | 2025 | |
| Life expectancy at birth | 63.06 | 2024 | |
| Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 0.3512 | 2024 | |
| Net official development assistance received | 791,534,363 | 2023 | |
| Population | 16,950,795 | 2025 | |
| Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) | 8,570 | 2025 | |
| Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) | 6,632 | 2025 |
World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0. The sparkline shows the shape of each run from its first reported year; the number beside it carries the magnitude, and there is deliberately no axis on it.
General Debate statements
45 statements to the General Debate since 1980, 111,680 words in all. The longest was 1985, at 5,450 words, delivered by Mr. Mangwende.
Of the 31 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×24, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×5, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade ×1, Minister of Foreign Affairs ×1. Earlier years are excluded because UN records do not consistently identify a speaker’s post before 1994, and counting those years as though they did would make any state look as though it sent nobody senior.
2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980
Emblems and location
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Treaties joined
52 actions recorded by the Secretary-General as depositary. Only treaties whose participant counts match the depositary’s own stated totals contribute rows.
Recorded votes
| Resolution | Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| A/RES/80/290 | 2026-07-10 | yes |
| A/RES/80/282 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/286 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/296 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/293 B | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/294 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/293 A | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/297 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/299 | - | yes |
Provenance
Every fact on this page, with where it came from and how sure we are.
| Attribute | Value | Source | Confidence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iso2 | ZW | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.567929+00:00 |
| iso3 | ZWE | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.567937+00:00 |
| m49 | 716 | un_sdg | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:11.772228+00:00 |
| name | Zimbabwe | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.567914+00:00 |
| un_admission_date | 1980-08-25 | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.567922+00:00 |
| unsd_name | Zimbabwe | un_sdg | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:11.772238+00:00 |
Where this page comes from
- UN General Assembly ideal point estimates — CC0 1.0 · source
- UN General Debate Corpus (Jankin, Baturo & Dasandi) — CC0 1.0 · source
- UN Research Guides (Dag Hammarskjold Library) — un.org website terms (all rights reserved) · source
- UN Statistics Division SDG Indicators API — CC BY 4.0 · source
- UN World Population Prospects — un.org website terms (all rights reserved) · source
- UNHCR Refugee Data Finder — Unassessed · source
- Wikidata — CC0 1.0 · source
- World Bank Open Data — CC BY 4.0 · source