No. 8 Biggest Shadow Economy: Zimbabwe

Percent of GDP in Shadow Economy: 56.1
Official GDP: $332 million

Population: 11,651,858*
Labor Force by Occupation:
Agriculture: 66 percent
Industry: 10 percent
Services: 24 percent

Industries: mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel, wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages

Exports: platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing

*Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected.