World Number Plates

Number Plates of Zimbabwe

Continent: Africa

Capital: Harare

Population: 12.7 million

Country ISO code: ZW

Country OVAL code: ZW

Driving Side: Left

First license issued in 1980

Number of vehicles:
cars 173,000 (1989), trucks and buses 80,000 (1989)

Road information:
total: 18,338 km; paved: 8,692 km; unpaved: 9,646 km (1999 est.)

Located in the central part of Southern Africa, Zimbabwe is surrounded by Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa.

The current series of car registrations in Zimbabwe came into effect in 2004. The format of these number plates DDD DDDL, with ‘D’ being a number and ‘L’ being a letter. Between the two sets of characters is the national emblem. The current series has white plates with black lettering and a black border. The previous series of number plates were in place since the 1970s. The format of these plates was the same as the current series, except for the fact that the number plates were yellow and there was no national emblem.