LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Zimbabwe

142 recorded engagements by Zimbabwe's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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142Engagements
141Visits
0Phone calls
1Video conferences
2Signed agreements
42Destination countries
11Officials recorded
93Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Zimbabwe's leaders recorded 142 engagements: 141 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2025, with 14 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (40 engagements), followed by China and South Africa. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 82% of engagements. 2 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 93 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Robert Mugabe (President), with 69 engagements between 1990 and 2017.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Zimbabwe, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 1 engagement1991: 2 engagements1992: 0 engagements1993: 2 engagements1994: 1 engagement1995: 4 engagements1996: 1 engagement1997: 1 engagement1998: 3 engagements1999: 1 engagement2000: 2 engagements2001: 2 engagements2002: 4 engagements2003: 3 engagements2004: 1 engagement2005: 3 engagements2006: 3 engagements2007: 3 engagements2008: 2 engagements2009: 7 engagements2010: 1 engagement2011: 5 engagements2012: 1 engagement2013: 3 engagements2014: 2 engagements2015: 10 engagements2016: 5 engagements2017: 6 engagements2018: 10 engagements2019: 10 engagements2020: 1 engagement2021: 5 engagements2022: 6 engagements2023: 10 engagements2024: 7 engagements2025: 14 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America40
  • China14
  • South Africa8
  • Russia5
  • Namibia4
  • United Kingdom4
  • Zambia4
  • Mozambique4
  • United Arab Emirates4
  • Egypt3
  • Ethiopia3
  • Switzerland3

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations116
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs78
  • Trade and Economic Relations38
  • Development and Aid20
  • Security and Defense9
  • Environment and Climate Change7
  • Agriculture and Food Security4
  • International Conflicts and Crises3
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Zimbabwe country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/zimbabwe.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Zimbabwe's own officials.