Summary
- China → Zimbabwe
- $1.4billion
- Zimbabwe → China
- $2.1billion
- China’s balance
- -$699million
Balance
China’s trade balance with Zimbabwe
Trade between China and Zimbabwe grew 42.6-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.4
- Imports 2.1
- Balance -0.7
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $32 million | $51 million | -$19 million |
| 1996 | $19 million | $68 million | -$50 million |
| 1997 | $26 million | $75 million | -$49 million |
| 1998 | $105 million | $28 million | $77 million |
| 1999 | $27 million | $44 million | -$17 million |
| 2000 | $40 million | $70 million | -$31 million |
| 2001 | $24 million | $115 million | -$91 million |
| 2002 | $35 million | $100 million | -$65 million |
| 2003 | $28 million | $124 million | -$95 million |
| 2004 | $90 million | $157 million | -$67 million |
| 2005 | $109 million | $130 million | -$21 million |
| 2006 | $99 million | $113 million | -$14 million |
| 2007 | $207 million | $123 million | $85 million |
| 2008 | $152 million | $97 million | $54 million |
| 2009 | $140 million | $82 million | $58 million |
| 2010 | $327 million | $259 million | $69 million |
| 2011 | $382 million | $376 million | $7 million |
| 2012 | $402 million | $486 million | -$84 million |
| 2013 | $408 million | $510 million | -$101 million |
| 2014 | $396 million | $604 million | -$208 million |
| 2015 | $526 million | $512 million | $14 million |
| 2016 | $404 million | $474 million | -$71 million |
| 2017 | $475 million | $629 million | -$155 million |
| 2018 | $456 million | $695 million | -$239 million |
| 2019 | $432 million | $675 million | -$243 million |
| 2020 | $506 million | $632 million | -$126 million |
| 2021 | $941 million | $779 million | $162 million |
| 2022 | $1.2 billion | $879 million | $338 million |
| 2023 | $1.4 billion | $1.6 billion | -$163 million |
| 2024 | $1.4 billion | $2.1 billion | -$699 million |
What they sell each other
What China sells to Zimbabwe
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Zimbabwe sells to China
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Beira (Mozambique) is 7,096 nautical miles (13,142 km) long: ≈ 16.5–21 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
Zimbabwe is landlocked: it ships through Beira (Mozambique).
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Zimbabwe was China’s 104th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and China was Zimbabwe’s 2nd (20%).
- Zimbabwe in China’s trade
- 0.1%
- Zimbabwe’s rank among China’s partners
- 104th
- China in Zimbabwe’s trade
- 20.3%
- China’s rank among Zimbabwe’s partners
- 2nd
Compare with
Other partners of China
Other partners of Zimbabwe
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.