World Bank Enterprise Survey 2025
Zimbabwe, 2025 - 2026
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Reference ID
ZWE_2025_WBES_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Bank Group (WBG)
Metadata
Created on
Apr 14, 2026
Last modified
Apr 14, 2026
- Data files
- Zimbabwe-2025-full-data
Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation of This Establishment (m1a)
Data file: Zimbabwe-2025-full-data
Overview
Valid:
360
Minimum:
-9
Maximum:
15
Type:
Discrete
Width:
47
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know (spontaneous) | 2 |
0.6%
|
| -7 | Does not apply | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 1 | Access to finance | 41 |
11.4%
|
| 2 | Access to land | 4 |
1.1%
|
| 3 | Business licensing and permits | 10 |
2.8%
|
| 4 | Corruption | 33 |
9.2%
|
| 5 | Courts | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 6 | Crime, theft and disorder | 6 |
1.7%
|
| 7 | Customs and trade regulations | 11 |
3.1%
|
| 8 | Electricity | 23 |
6.4%
|
| 9 | Inadequately educated workforce | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 10 | Labor regulations | 1 |
0.3%
|
| 11 | Political instability | 26 |
7.2%
|
| 12 | Practices of competitors in the informal sector | 100 |
27.8%
|
| 13 | Tax administration | 10 |
2.8%
|
| 14 | Tax rates | 88 |
24.4%
|
| 15 | Transport | 2 |
0.6%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.