Swaziland GDP Data & Country Report

Swaziland Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Swaziland; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Central bank

The Central Bank of Swaziland

International Reserves

US$ 756.344 million (Source: World Bank; Data updated: November 2010)

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

US$ 3.594 billion (2009 estimate)

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

6.172 billion of International dollars (2009 estimate)

Real GDP growth

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
2%	1%	1.8%	3.9%	2.5%	2.2%	2.9%	3.5%
2008	2009	2010	2011*
2.4%	1.2%	2%	0.5%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

US$ 3,109 (2008 estimate)

GDP per capita - PPP

$5,338 International Dollars (2008 estimate)

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

1980	1990	2000	2010	2015**
0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 7.8%
industry: 50.8%
services: 41.4% (2011 estimate)

(Data released on February 2012)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation

2008	2009	2010	2011*
13.1%(2008)	7.5%	4.5%	7.9%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate

2008	2009	2010	2011*
30%	25%	25%(2009)	25%

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011*
15.7%	17.3%	13.3%	18.5%	25%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010*	2011**
7.2%	1%	-6.5%	-12.6%	-14.7%

*Estimate **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's rating: N/A

Moody's outlook: N/A

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares

2007	2008	2009
US$203 million	N/A	N/A

Largest companies in Swaziland

N/A

DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS

Current account balance

US$ -0.6 billion (2009 estimate)(After 2008)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-16% of GDP (2009 estimate)(2009)

Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

70.3% (2009)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0.01%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export

0.01%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exports

US$1.417 billion f.o.b. (2010 estimate)

Export commodities

soft drink concentrates, sugar, wood pulp, cotton yarn, refrigerators, citrus and canned fruit

Total imports

US$1.978 billion f.o.b. (2008 estimate)

Import commodities

motor vehicles, machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals

Exports - major partners

N/A

Imports - major partners

N/A

FDI inflows

2008	2009	2010
US$106 million	US$66 million(2009)	US$93 million(2009)

FDI outflows

2008	2009	2010
US$8 million	US$-7 million	US$8 million

Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

2008	2009	2010	2011
N/A	N/A(2009)	US$6 million(2009)	N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 118 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 153 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 156 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 52 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 46 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 120 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 147 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 170 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

134

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

Ranking: 97 Score: 59.1 (Mostly Unfree) (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW

Time zone

UTC+2

Total area

17,364 km² (2006)

Capital

Mbabane (2009)

Currency

emalangeni (2009)

Government type

monarchy (2009)

Languages

English (official, government business conducted in English), siSwati (official)

Religions

Zionist 40% (a blend of Christianity and indigenous ancestral worship), Roman Catholic 20%, Muslim 10%, other (includes Anglican, Bahai, Methodist, Mormon, Jewish) 30%

Total population

1980	1990	2000	2010*	2015**
0.6 million	0.83 million	0.99 million	1.03 million	1.05 million

*Estimate **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population

1960	1980	2000	2009
3.9%	17.8%	23.3%	25.2%

Population median age

19.0 years (2006)

Population growth rate

1.5% (2009)

Life expectancy

40 years (2007)

Adult literacy

80% (2000/2007)

% of population living on less than $2 a day

81.02% (2011)

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

50.7 (2001)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:7
Civil Liberties:5 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

65.49% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

8.02% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)

Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

N/A

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

0.9359 (2008)

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