2025 UN Zimbabwe Annual Results Report

The 2025 Annual Report presents results from the fourth year of implementation of the Zimbabwe United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (ZUNSDCF 2022–2026), highlighting the UN system’s collective contribution to national priorities under the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1, 2021–2025) and Zimbabwe’s Vision 2030—guided by the commitment to leave no one, and no place, behind.

In partnership with the Government of Zimbabwe, the UN system worked with ministries, departments and agencies, development partners and international financial institutions, civil society, the private sector, academia, media, youth and women’s groups, and organisations of persons with disabilities to address complex, cross-sectoral challenges through integrated programming, policy coherence and coordinated delivery at national and subnational levels. 

Across 2025, joint efforts advanced universal health coverage; inclusive and equitable education; WASH; strengthened social protection; the elimination of violence against women and girls; food systems and nutrition security; climate resilience and disaster risk reduction; environmental protection and biodiversity conservation; decent work and employment creation; innovation and industrialisation; improved public service delivery and institutional capacity; inclusive participation and representation; human rights compliance; and peace, social cohesion and social accountability.

A significant share of UN support continued to be delivered through Joint Programmes, strengthening coherence, efficiencies and collective impact. Flagship joint initiatives across health, education, renewable energy, food systems, disability inclusion, cultural heritage preservation, HIV response and resilience-building remained central to implementation—while also underscoring the urgency of expanding and diversifying country-based pooled funding as several funding windows approach completion, to sustain integrated delivery and national ownership.

In a constrained global financing environment, the UN Country Team in Zimbabwe intensified efforts to mobilize and align resources to national priorities and SDG acceleration. Guided by UN80 and UN 2.0 reforms, the UNCT implemented a Joint Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Strategy to unify engagement with Government, partners, civil society, the private sector and philanthropy—improving coherence and predictability in how financing is mobilized and deployed. 

The UN also supported broad national consultations to inform the next UNSDCF (2027–2031) and facilitated structured Government–partner dialogue on a potential local funding compact, including strengthened accountability and expanded pooled funding mechanisms. Zimbabwe’s engagement in more than 70 national, regional and global fora—including FfD4, TICAD9 and COP30—reinforced the UN’s convening role on financing for sustainable development.

Overall, the ZUNSDCF remained the primary platform for aligning partnerships and mobilizing financing in support of Vision 2030, NDS1 and the emerging NDS II (2026–2030), Agenda 2063 and the SDGs. 

In 2025, total resources disbursed amounted to USD 288.5 million, including USD 156.9 million delivered  through Joint Programmes. While sustained investment in social sectors reflects continued humanitarian and development needs, gaps remain—particularly for prosperity and parts of peace—highlighting the importance of deepened partnerships, increased efficiency and sustainable financing solutions, including domestic resource mobilization and private sector engagement.