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If Zimbabwe were your home instead of Luxembourg you would...
die 24.33 years sooner
The life expectancy at birth in Zimbabwe is 55.68 while in Luxembourg it is 80.01.
be 49 times more likely to have HIV/AIDS
The percentage of adults living with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe is 14.70% while in Luxembourg it is 0.30%. 39,500 people in Zimbabwe and 100 people in Luxembourg die from AIDS each year.
This entry gives an estimate of the percentage of adults (aged 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is calculated by dividing the estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at yearend by the total adult population at yearend.
be 13.4 times more likely to be unemployed
Zimbabwe has an unemployment rate of 95.00% while Luxembourg has 7.10%
be 37.5 times more likely to be murdered
7.50 in every 100,000 people are murdered annually in Zimbabwe compared to 0.20 in Luxembourg
This entry contains the number of victims of an unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person. Data is originally sourced from either criminal justice or public health systems.
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
be 6.2 times more likely to die in infancy
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Zimbabwe is 26.55 while in Luxembourg it is 4.28.
The GDP per capita in Zimbabwe is $600 while in Luxembourg it is $77,900
consume 98.81% less oil
Luxembourg consumes 4.9518 gallons of oil per day per capita while Zimbabwe consumes 0.0588
This entry is the total oil consumed in gallons per day (gal/day) divided by the population. The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
The per capita consumption of electricity in Luxembourg is 12,378kWh while in Zimbabwe it is 912kWh
experience 92.69% more of a class divide
The GINI index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income. In Zimbabwe it is 50.10 while in Luxembourg it is 26.00.
This index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The index is calculated from the Lorenz curve, in which cumulative family income is plotted against the number of families arranged from the poorest to the richest. The index is the ratio of (a) the area between a country's Lorenz curve and the 45 degree helping line to (b) the entire triangular area under the 45 degree line. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the closer its Lorenz curve to the 45 degree line and the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the farther its Lorenz curve from the 45 degree line and the higher its Gini index, e.g., a Sub-Saharan country with an index of 50. If income were distributed with perfect equality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the 45 degree line and the index would be zero; if income were distributed with perfect inequality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the horizontal axis and the right vertical axis and the index would be 100.
be 13.28% more likely to be in prison
145 in every 100,000 people are currently imprisoned in Zimbabwe compared to 128 in Luxembourg
have 2.8 times more babies
The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Zimbabwe is 32.47 while in Luxembourg it is 11.75.
More Information about Zimbabwe
With its 13,771,721 people, Zimbabwe is the 71st largest country in the world by population. It is the 61st largest country in the world by area with 390,757 square kilometers.
The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the [British] South Africa Company in 1923. A 1961 constitution was formulated that favored whites in power. In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded more complete voting rights for the black African majority in the country (then called Rhodesia). UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprising finally led to free elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980. Robert MUGABE, the nation's first prime minister, has been the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) and has dominated the country's political system since independence. His chaotic land redistribution campaign, which began in 1997 and intensified after 2000, caused an exodus of white farmers, crippled the economy, and ushered in widespread shortages of basic commodities. Ignoring international condemnation, MUGABE rigged the 2002 presidential election to ensure his reelection. In April 2005, the capital city of Harare embarked on Operation Restore Order, ostensibly an urban rationalization program, which resulted in the destruction of the homes or businesses of 700,000 mostly poor supporters of the opposition. President MUGABE in June 2007 instituted price controls on all basic commodities causing panic buying and leaving store shelves empty for months; a period of increasing hyperinflation ensued. General elections held in March 2008 contained irregularities but still amounted to a censure of the ZANU-PF-led government with the opposition winning a majority of seats in parliament. MDC-T opposition leader Morgan TSVANGIRAI won the most votes in the presidential polls, but not enough to win outright. In the lead up to a run-off election in late June 2008, considerable violence enacted against opposition party members led to the withdrawal of TSVANGIRAI from the ballot. Extensive evidence of violence and intimidation resulted in international condemnation of the process. Difficult negotiations over a power-sharing "government of national unity," in which MUGABE remained president and TSVANGIRAI became prime minister, were finally settled in February 2009, although the leaders failed to agree upon many key outstanding governmental issues. MUGABE was reelected president in June 2013 in balloting that was severely flawed and internationally condemned. As a prerequisite to holding the elections, Zimbabwe enacted a new constitution by referendum, although many provisions in the new constitution have yet to be codified in law.
Languages spoken: English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects
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