Swazi Economy - 1985

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: approximately $580 million (1983), about $900 per capita; annual real growth 1.7% (1979-82)

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

Major industry: mining

Electric power: 115,000 kW capacity (1984); 150 million kWh produced (1984), 230 kWh per capita

Exports. $330 million(f.o.b., 1983); sugar, asbestos, wood and forest products, citrus, and canned fruit

Imports: $464 million (f.o.b., 1983); 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 (197082), $280 million; US (FY70-83), $73 million

Budget: 1983/84 (est.)—revenues, $170 million; current expenditures, $120 million

Monetary conversion rate: the Swazi lilangeni exchanges at par with the South African rand; 2.1 emalangeni = US$l (30 December 1984)

Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

NOTE: The information regarding Swazi on this page is re-published from the 1985 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Swazi 1985 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Swazi 1985 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.