Living ConditionsLife in Zimbabwe is quite hard. The urban sector has a high quality of life, but the other 61.7% of the population lives in rural areas. In these areas, roads aren't paved, health care is poor and access to water is scarce. Since 75% of the population lives under the poverty line, it isn't hard to imagine the large amount of killer diseases that are left untreated. There are only 0.16 physicians per 1000 people, explaining the low life expectancy of 51.8 years.
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CapitalMost of the economic instability in Zimbabwe sources from the large portion of population in rural areas and inflation, which caused a large lack in jobs.
Zimbabwe itself has a vast supply of resources with great amounts of gold, coal, platinum and nickel. Beef, cotton and palm oil are also farmed. Though 47% of the population attends secondary education, it is very hard to go to further education, and jobs are very scarce. Literacy rates do remain at 90%. Consumer goods are very expensive, explaining the low 114 motor vehicles per 1000 people in Zimbabwe. The roads in rural areas are very poor, but the urban sectors have pipelines and railways. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe attempted to help its population by repeatedly printing money, but this hurt the economy and led to inflation. |