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Zimbabwe

WatchScore 3Open the map

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    0

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    —

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    —

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    0

  • Population

    17.0 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level2

  • +220 critical internet-connectivity alerts in 24 hoursIODA, Georgia Tech
  • +11.3 million people in crisis-level food insecurity or worse (IPC 3+)FEWS NET

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Internet outage alerts, 24 h

    20

  • Natural hazards, 7 days

    2

  • Refugees who fled

    13 005

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    1 250 000

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Zimbabwe, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
1.3 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
7%
2026-08
Undernourishment
19.7%
2023
Refugees who fled
13,005
2025
Refugees hosted
18,065
2025
Internally displaced
—
2025
Sanctions designations
101
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$3,021
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days6

  • WildfireForest fires in Zimbabwe · Sep 26, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zimbabwe · Sep 23, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zimbabwe · Sep 22, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zimbabwe · Sep 20, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zimbabwe · Sep 19, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zimbabwe · Sep 10, 2026

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Zimbabwe: No specific restriction

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Harare

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2917…280.8 mm52 km/h
Wed, Sep 3015…252.7 mm43 km/h
Thu, Oct 112…1829.8 mm40 km/h
Fri, Oct 211…175.9 mm35 km/h
Sat, Oct 310…220.0 mm32 km/h
Sun, Oct 413…200.0 mm49 km/h
Mon, Oct 515…240.0 mm59 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets6

ItemPriceUSDYear
Rice / KG1.17 USD1.17-5%
Laundry soap / KG1.44 USD1.44-9%
Oil (vegetable) / L2.23 USD2.23-12%
Sugar / KG1.52 USD1.52+4%
Maize meal / KG0.68 USD0.68-3%
Toothpaste / 100 ML1.11 USD1.10—

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-05); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 20009

032000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: Droughts 12019: Droughts 1, Floods 1, Tropical cyclones 12020: 020202021: Floods 1, Tropical cyclones 12022: Tropical cyclones 12023: 02024: Tropical cyclones 12025: 020252026: Floods 12026

FloodsTropical cyclonesDroughts

  • Flood in Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe · Jan 19, 2026 · Magnitude 0
  • Tropical Cyclone FILIPO-24 · Mar 3, 2024 · Post-tropical Depression (maximum wind speed of 158 km/h)
  • Tropical Cyclone ANA-22 · Jan 23, 2022 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 83 km/h)
  • Flood in Eswatini, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe · Jan 19, 2021 · Magnitude 0
  • Tropical Cyclone ELOISE-21 · Jan 17, 2021 · Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 139 km/h)
  • Drought in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe · Mar 21, 2019 · Severe impact for agricultural drought in 102368 km2
  • Flood in Zimbabwe · Mar 14, 2019 · Magnitude 0.00
  • Tropical Cyclone IDAI-19 · Mar 9, 2019 · Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 194 km/h)
  • Drought in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe · Oct 21, 2018 · Severe impact for agricultural drought in 150282 km2

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)