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Swaziland - Introduction 1993
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Background: Autonomy for the Swazis of southern Africa was guaranteed by the British in the late 19th century; independence was granted 1968.


Swaziland - Geography 1993
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Location: Southern Africa, between Mozambique and South Africa

Geographic coordinates

Map referenceAfrica, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area
Total: 17,360 km²
Land: 17,200 km²

Land boundaries: total 535 km, Mozambique 105 km, South Africa 430 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none; landlocked

Climate: varies from tropical to near temperate

Terrain: mostly mountains and hills; some moderately sloping plains

Elevation

Natural resources: asbestos, coal, clay, cassiterite, hydropower, forests, small gold and diamond deposits, quarry stone, and talc
Land use

Land use
Arable land: 8%
Permanent crops: 0%
Meadows and pastures: 67%
Forest and woodland: 6%
Other: 19%

Irrigated land: 620 km² (1989 est.)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Swaziland - People 1993
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Population
Growth rate: 3.18% (1993 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Swazi(s)
Adjective: Swazi

Ethnic groups: African 97%, European 3%

Languages: English (official; government business conducted in English), siSwati (official)

Religions: Christian 60%, indigenous beliefs 40%

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate: 3.18% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 43.22 births/1000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 11.41 deaths/1000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1000 population (1993 est.)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: overgrazing; soil degradation; soil erosion
Current issues note: landlocked; almost completely surrounded by South Africa

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 95.7 deaths/1000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 55.94 years
Male: 51.97 years
Female: 60.03 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.16 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1976)
Total population: 55%
Male: 57%
Female: 54%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Swaziland - Government 1993
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Country name
Conventional long form: Kingdom of Swaziland
Conventional short form: Swaziland

Government type

Capital: Mbabane (administrative; Lobamba (legislative)

Administrative divisions: 4 districts; Hhohho, Lubombo, Manzini, Shiselweni

Dependent areas

Independence: 6 September 1968 (from UK)

National holiday: Somhlolo (Independence) Day, 6 September (1968)

Constitution:
none; constitution of 6 September 1968 was suspended on 12
April 1973; a new constitution was promulgated 13 October 1978, but has not been formally presented to the people


Legal system:
based on South African Roman-Dutch law in statutory courts,
Swazi traditional law and custom in traditional courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction


International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: none

Executive branch: monarch, prime minister, Cabinet

Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament is advisory and consists of an upper house or Senate and a lower house or House of Assembly

Judicial branch: High Court, Court of Appeal

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation:
ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA,
IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, PCA, SACU,
SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO


Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Absalom Vusani MAMBA
In the us chancery: 3,400 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20,008
In the us telephone: (202) 362-6,683
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Stephen H. ROGERS
From the us embassy: Central Bank Building, Warner Street, Mbabane
From the us mailing address: P. O. Box 199, Mbabane
From the us fax: 268 45,959

Flag descriptionflag of Swaziland: three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (triple width), and blue; the red band is edged in yellow; centered in the red band is a large black and white shield covering two spears and a staff decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Swaziland - Economy 1993
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Economy overview: The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, which occupies most of the labor force and contributes nearly 25% to GDP. Manufacturing, which includes a number of agroprocessing factories, accounts for another quarter of GDP. Mining has declined in importance in recent years; high-grade iron ore deposits were depleted in 1978, and health concerns cut world demand for asbestos. Exports of sugar and forestry products are the main earners of hard currency. Surrounded by South Africa, except for a short border with Mozambique, Swaziland is heavily dependent on South Africa, from which it receives 75% of its imports and to which it sends about half of its exports.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: 2.5% (1991 est.)

Real gdp per capita: $800 (1991 est.)

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products:
accounts for 23% of GDP and over 60% of labor force; mostly subsistence agriculture; cash crops - sugarcane, cotton, maize, tobacco, rice, citrus fruit, pineapples; other crops and livestock - corn, sorghum, peanuts, cattle, goats, sheep; not self-sufficient in grain
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $518 million


Industries: mining (coal and asbestos), wood pulp, sugar

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate NA%; accounts for 26% of GDP (1989)

Labor force: 195,000 (over 60,000 engaged in subsistence agriculture; about 92,000 wage earners - many only intermittently)
By occupation agriculture and forestry: 36%
By occupation communityandsocialservice: 20%
By occupation manufacturing: 14%
By occupation construction: 9%
By occupation other: 21%
Note: 15,980 employed in South African gold and coal mines (1991)
Labor force

Unemployment rate: NA%

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $342 million; expenditures $410 million, including capital expenditures of $130 million (FY94 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $575 million (f.o.b., 1991)
Commodoties: soft drink concentrates, sugar, wood pulp, citrus, canned fruit
Partners: South Africa 50% (est.), EC countries, Canada

Imports: $730 million (c.i.f., 1991)
Commodoties: motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, petroleum products, foodstuffs, chemicals
Partners: South Africa 75% (est.), Japan, Belgium, UK

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: emalangeni (E) per US$1 -3.1576 (May 1993), 2.8497 (1992), 2.7563 (1991), 2.5863 (1990), 2.6166 (1989), 2.2611 (1988; note - the Swazi emalangeni is at par with the South African rand


Swaziland - Energy 1993
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Electricity
Production: 60,000 kW capacity; 155 million kWh produced, 180 kWh per capita (1991)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Swaziland - Communication 1993
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Swaziland - Military 1993
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Military expenditures
Percent of gdp: exchange rate conversion - $22 million, NA% of GDP (FY93/94)

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Swaziland - Transportation 1993
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 23
Usable: 21 with permanent-surfaced runways: 1
With runways over 3659 m: 0
With runways 2440-3659 m: 1
With runways 1220-2439 m: 1

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals


Swaziland - Transnational issues 1993
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Disputes international: none

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


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