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| GDP growth (2025) | 3.1% | Moderate growth. |
| Inflation (2025) | 0.7% | Close to the ~2% most central banks aim for. |
| Unemployment (2025) | 5.1% | Moderate. |
| GDP per person (2025) | $4,039 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Current account (2022) | -11.1% of GDP | Deficit: spends more abroad than it earns, so it relies on foreign money. |
| Exports (2024) | 25.3% of GDP | An open, trading economy. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
The Ministry of Trade and Commerce is assessing how VT180 million released to 11 local businesses under the Value Addition Investment Capital Fund (VAICF) has been used, following public concerns about the fund’s management and use.