Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $6.6 billion (1982), $870 per capita; real growth 12% (1980 and 1981), 2% (1982)

Natural resources: coal, chrome, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium

Agriculture: main crops—tobacco, corn, tea, sugar, cotton; livestock

Major industries: mining, steel, textiles, chemicals, vehicles

Electric power: 1,608,500 kW capacity (1985); 4.691 billion kWh produced (1985), 541 kWh per capita

Exports. $1.17 billion (f.o.b., 1984), including net gold sales and reexports; tobacco, asbestos, cotton, copper, tin, chrome, gold, nickel, meat, clothing, sugar, iron ore, silver

Imports: $989 million (f.o.b. 1984); machinery, petroleum products, wheat, transport equipment

Major trade partner: South Africa

Aid. economic commitments—Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF (1970-83), $1 0 billion; US, including Ex-Im (1980-84), $271 million; Communist countries (1970-84), $100 million

Budget: (FY83/84 est) revenues, $1.82 billion; expenditures, $2,223 billion; deficit, $400 million

Monetary conversion rate: 1.67 Zimbabwean dollars=US$l (November 1985)

Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June

NOTE: The information regarding Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) 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 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.