Swaziland Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: approximately $478 million (1984), about $900 per capita; real growth 11% (1984)

Natural resources: asbestos, coal, clay, tin, diamonds, hydroelelectric power, forests

Agriculture-main crops—maize, cotton, rice, sugar, and citrus fruits

Major industry: mining, pulping

Electric power: 60,000 kW capacity (1985);

84 million kWh produced (1985), 125 kWh per capita

Exports: $360 million (f.o.b., 1984); sugar, asbestos, wood and forest products, citrus, and canned fruit

Imports: $498 million (f.o.b., 1984); motor vehicles, chemicals, petroleum products, and foodstuffs

Major trade partners: South Africa, UK, US; member of South African Customs Union

Aid: economic commitments—Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF (1970-83), $340 million; US(FY70-84), $80 million

Budget: 1984/85 (est.)—revenues, $201 million; current expenditures, $149 million

Monetary conversion rate: the Swazi lilangeni exchanges at par with the South African rand; 2.3 ema)angeni=US$l (29

January 1986)

Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

NOTE: The information regarding Swaziland on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Swaziland 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Swaziland 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.