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Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe

Data on health, economics, corruption, press freedom and migration reveal much about Robert Mugabe's 37-year rule.

He died aged 95 in Singapore on September 6, nearly two years after he was ousted by the military in 2017.

On Thursday, the government announced he would be buried in his home village -- the latest in a long-running saga over his final resting place.

<b>- Life expectancy -</b>

After Mugabe came to power in 1980, life expectancy in Zimbabwe rose slightly to 60.8 years in 1986, according to the World Bank.

It then crashed to just 44.1 years by 2002. In 2006, the World Health Organization put it even lower at 34 years for women and 37 for men -- the worst figures worldwide.

The major causes: AIDS, the collapse of healthcare and falling standards of living as the country's economy crumbled.

Life expectancy has now risen to 61.4 years according to WHO, largely due to international aid funding.

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