Economic Census
Economic Census Objectives
- Come up with comprehensive baseline statistics on the size and structure of the country’s economy.
- Provide statistics that will enable the government, private sector, research institutions, academia and other stakeholders understand the economic landscape of the country, thereby facilitating evidence-based policy formulation, decision-making and strategic planning.
- Facilitate evaluation of various developmental policies and programmes including the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), Africa Agenda 2063 and SDGs
- Provide data on the geographical distribution of economic activities and establishments to support:
Development of a Statistical Business Register (SBR) for survey sampling, Compilation of national accounts tools such as Supply and Use Tables and Social Accounting Matrices,
Updating weights for economic indices.
Ecomomic Census Reports
Economic Census Preliminary Report
A total of 204,798 establishments were found to be operational, of which the majority (76.1%) wereinformal. A formal establishment is one that is registered by the Registrar of Companies and Registrar ofCooperatives, ZIMRA and NSSA (provided they keep records.)...
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| Programme | Year | Month | Download Publications |
| Preliminary Report of the 2023 Economic Census | 2025 | July | Download report |