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Zimbabwe

16.6 million people

Zimbabwe issues biometric national IDs and in 2023 announced an integrated digital ID plan. The Reserve Bank ran a CBDC consumer survey in 2022 and again in August 2025.

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Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Zimbabwe

Program
National Registration Card (Registrar General)
Status
Being built or piloted
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Yes

In April 2023 the Home Affairs Minister said an integrated digital ID would let people apply for passports, birth registration and IDs by phone and help law enforcement monitor crime. No source was found confirming it went live.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
Research

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe ran CBDC consumer surveys in 2022 and, per the HRF tracker, again in August 2025.

On the record

What has happened, newest first

  1. 2025-08Rolling it out

    The Reserve Bank launched a CBDC consumer survey. Human Rights Foundation — Zimbabwe CBDC Tracker ↗

  2. 2023-04Rolling it out

    The Home Affairs Minister announced an integrated digital ID system plan. Reclaim The Net ↗

UN and WHO

How Zimbabwe has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Voted yes
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
57.2 · rank 138 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
3

Sovereignty score

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.