585.84% [1] inflation in 2005 would correspond to (1-100/585)*100~=83% fall in economic output. Besides the main part of inflation was in 2008 - 79,600,000,000%

585.84% [1] inflation in 2005 would correspond to (1-100/585)*100~=83% fall in economic output. Besides the main part of inflation was in 2008 - 79,600,000,000%, which could be explained by shrinking economics only if everyone except two people out of 14mln completely stopped producing anything. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_Zimbabwe#Inflation_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_Zimbabwe#Inf...