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Swaziland Economy

Economy - overview:in this small. landlocked economy. subsistence agriculture occupies more than 80% of the population. the manufacturing sector has diversified since the mid-1980s. sugar and wood pulp remain important foreign exchange earners. mining has declined in importance in recent years with only coal and quarry stone mines remaining active. surrounded by south africa. except for a short border with mozambique. swaziland is heavily dependent on south africa from which it receives about nine-tenths of its imports and to which it sends nearly three-quarters of its exports. customs duties from the southern african customs union and worker remittances from south africa substantially supplement domestically earned income. the government is trying to improve the atmosphere for foreign investment. overgrazing. soil depletion. drought. and sometimes floods persist as problems for the future. more than one-fourth of the population needed emergency food aid in 2004-05 because of drought. and more than one-third of the adult population was infected by hiv/aids.

GDP (purchasing power parity) : $6.239 billion (2005 est.)

Inflation rate: 4% (2005 est.)

Labor force : 155.700 (2003)

Industries: mining (coal. raw asbestos). wood pulp. sugar. soft drink concentrates. textile and apparel

Swaziland

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Electricity - production: 392 million kwh (2003)

Oil - production: 0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

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Exports: $1.991 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Imports : $2.149 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Currency (code) : lilangeni (szl)