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Currency

Currency "lilangeni, pl., emalangeni "
DEC alternative conversion factor > LCU per US$	6.36
ISO code	SZL 748
Official exchange rate > LCU per US$, period average	6.77
PPP conversion factor to official exchange rate ratio	0.5	[63rd of 169]
Regime South African rand (1.0)
Subdivision	100	[12th of 192]
Symbol	"L, pl., E "
Terms of trade since 1995	100	[50th of 117]

SOURCES
Pacific Exchange Rate Services; World Development Indicators database; The World Bank Group

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Swaziland, Kingdom of Swaziland

Energy

Adjusted savings: energy depletion > % of GNI	0.01 % of GNI	[93rd of 98]
Bagasse > Consumption by industry & construction	1,490,000 ton	[21st of 80]
Bagasse > Consumption by industry & construction (per capita)	1,504.248 ton per 1,000 people	[2nd of 76]
Bagasse > Consumption by other industries and construction	1,490,000 ton	[21st of 80]
Bagasse > Consumption by other industries and construction (per capita)	1,504.248 ton per 1,000 people	[2nd of 76]
Bagasse > Energy balance requirement	2,127,000 ton	[20th of 83]
Bagasse > Energy balance requirement (per capita)	1,880.637 ton per 1,000 people	[2nd of 79]
Bagasse > Gross inland availability	2,127,000 ton	[20th of 83]
Bagasse > Gross inland availability (per capita)	1,880.637 ton per 1,000 people	[2nd of 79]
Bagasse > Net inland availability	1,490,000 ton	[21st of 80]
Bagasse > Net inland availability (per capita)	1,504.248 ton per 1,000 people	[2nd of 76]
Bagasse > Production	2,127,000 ton	[20th of 83]
Bagasse > Production (per capita)	1,880.637 ton per 1,000 people	[2nd of 79]
Bagasse > Statistical differences (per capita)	1,880,636,604,774,540 ton per 1e+15 people	[2nd of 18]
Coal > Additional resources	793,000,000 ton	[21st of 35]
Coal > Additional resources (per capita)	937.77 ton per capita	[7th of 31]
Coal > Consumption by households	5,000 ton	[33rd of 39]
Coal > Consumption by households (per capita)	5.731 ton per 1,000 people	[20th of 39]
Coal > Consumption by households and other consumers	5,000 ton	[42nd of 52]
Coal > Consumption by households and other consumers (per capita)	5.731 ton per 1,000 people	[27th of 52]
Coal > Consumption by industry & construction	5,000 ton	[68th of 83]
Coal > Consumption by industry & construction (per capita)	5.731 ton per 1,000 people	[58th of 81]
Coal > Consumption by other industries and construction	5,000 ton	[67th of 82]
Coal > Consumption by other industries and construction (per capita)	5.731 ton per 1,000 people	[56th of 80]
Coal > Consumption by transportation industry	4,000 ton	[14th of 21]
Coal > Consumption by transportation industry (per capita)	4,585.056 ton per million people	[3rd of 21]
Coal > Consumption in rail transport	4,000 ton	[11th of 18]
Coal > Consumption in rail transport (per capita)	4,585.056 ton per million people	[2nd of 18]
Coal > Conversion in thermal power plants	80,000 ton	[56th of 63]
Coal > Conversion in thermal power plants (per capita)	70.734 ton per 1,000 people	[41st of 63]
Coal > Conversion to other forms of energy	80,000 ton	[61st of 73]
Coal > Conversion to other forms of energy (per capita)	70.734 ton per 1,000 people	[45th of 72]
Coal > Energy balance requirement	360,000 ton	[62nd of 108]
Coal > Energy balance requirement (per capita)	318.302 ton per 1,000 people	[37th of 105]
Coal > Gross inland availability	360,000 ton	[62nd of 108]
Coal > Gross inland availability (per capita)	318.302 ton per 1,000 people	[37th of 105]
Coal > Net inland availability	14,000 ton	[68th of 89]
Coal > Net inland availability (per capita)	16.048 ton per 1,000 people	[53rd of 87]
Coal > Production	360,000 ton	[35th of 65]
Coal > Production (per capita)	318.302 ton per 1,000 people	[22nd of 62]
Coal > Recoverable reserves	208,000,000 ton	[22nd of 53]
Coal > Recoverable reserves (per capita)	183.908 ton per capita	[7th of 51]
Coal > Statistical differences (per capita)	247,568,523,430,592 ton per 1e+15 people	[2nd of 83]
Coal > Total known reserves	1,000,000,000 ton	[20th of 46]
Coal > Total known reserves (per capita)	1,182.56 ton per capita	[6th of 41]
Coal > Total resources in place	1,793,000,000 ton	[24th of 51]
Coal > Total resources in place (per capita)	2,120.331 ton per capita	[9th of 46]
Electrical outages > days	28.42 days	[8th of 42]
Electricity > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	6.78 %	[18th of 39]
Electricity > Consumption	1,200,000,000 kWh	[27th of 210]
Electricity > Consumption (per capita)	1,059.073 kWh per capita	[23rd of 201]
Electricity > Consumption by energy sector	3,000,000 kWh	[64th of 77]
Electricity > Consumption by energy sector (per capita)	3.439 kWh per capita	[60th of 75]
Electricity > Consumption by households	110,000,000 kWh	[132nd of 189]
Electricity > Consumption by households (per capita)	126.089 kWh per capita	[100th of 188]
Electricity > Consumption by households and other consumers	290,000,000 kWh	[128th of 202]
Electricity > Consumption by households and other consumers (per capita)	332.417 kWh per capita	[94th of 201]
Electricity > Consumption by industry & construction	130,000,000 kWh	[129th of 166]
Electricity > Consumption by industry & construction (per capita)	149.014 kWh per capita	[98th of 165]
Electricity > Consumption by mining industry (energy commodities)	3,000,000 kWh	[37th of 44]
Electricity > Consumption by mining industry (energy commodities) (per capita)	3.439 kWh per capita	[31st of 42]
Electricity > Consumption by other industries and construction	130,000,000 kWh	[127th of 165]
Electricity > Consumption by other industries and construction (per capita)	149.014 kWh per capita	[95th of 164]
Electricity > Consumption by public lighting	50,000,000 kWh	[26th of 76]
Electricity > Consumption by public lighting (per capita)	57.313 kWh per capita	[9th of 72]
Electricity > Consumption in agriculture	130,000,000 kWh	[63rd of 100]
Electricity > Consumption in agriculture (per capita)	149.014 kWh per capita	[28th of 98]
Electricity > Energy balance requirement	195,000,000 kWh	[125th of 155]
Electricity > Energy balance requirement (per capita)	172.414 kWh per capita	[97th of 154]
Electricity > Gross inland availability	460,000,000 kWh	[158th of 211]
Electricity > Gross inland availability (per capita)	406.72 kWh per capita	[160th of 210]
Electricity > Gross production, public & self-producer	475,000,000 kWh	[155th of 211]
Electricity > Gross production, public & self-producer (per capita)	419.982 kWh per capita	[161st of 210]
Electricity > Hydro > Production	195,000,000 kWh	[115th of 147]
Electricity > Hydro > Production (per capita)	172.414 kWh per capita	[85th of 146]
Electricity > Hydro > Production > Public	195,000,000 kWh	[113rd of 145]
Electricity > Hydro > Production > Public (per capita)	172.414 kWh per capita	[83rd of 144]
Electricity > Hydro > Production > Self-producer	10,000,000 kWh	[39th of 56]
Electricity > Hydro > Production > Self-producer (per capita)	9.808 kWh per capita	[25th of 54]
Electricity > Imports > A note supplied by South Africa (2000)
Electricity > Net inland availability	420,000,000 kWh	[132nd of 202]
Electricity > Net inland availability (per capita)	481.431 kWh per capita	[102nd of 201]
Electricity > Net production	460,000,000 kWh	[155th of 211]
Electricity > Net production (per capita)	406.72 kWh per capita	[161st of 210]
Electricity > Production	460,000,000 kWh	[83rd of 210]
Electricity > Production (per capita)	405.978 kWh per capita	[79th of 198]
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel	58%	[136th of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Hydro	42%	[63rd of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear	0%	[69th of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Other	0%	[88th of 210]
Electricity > Station use & station loss	15,000,000 kWh	[142nd of 179]
Electricity > Station use & station loss (per capita)	13.263 kWh per capita	[138th of 178]
Electricity > Thermal > Production	280,000,000 kWh	[150th of 209]
Electricity > Thermal > Production (per capita)	247.569 kWh per capita	[149th of 208]
Electricity > Thermal > Production > Public	2,000,000 kWh	[186th of 207]
Electricity > Thermal > Production > Public (per capita)	2.597 kWh per capita	[151st of 205]
Electricity > Thermal > Production > Self-producer	280,000,000 kWh	[77th of 143]
Electricity > Thermal > Production > Self-producer (per capita)	247.569 kWh per capita	[39th of 136]
Electricity > Total production, public	195,000,000 kWh	[171st of 211]
Electricity > Total production, public (per capita)	172.414 kWh per capita	[170th of 210]
Electricity > Total production, self-producer	280,000,000 kWh	[77th of 145]
Electricity > Total production, self-producer (per capita)	247.569 kWh per capita	[43rd of 138]
electricity consumption > Date of > Information	2003
Fuel exports > % of merchandise exports	0.71 %	[103rd of 143]
Fuel imports > % of merchandise imports	12.61 %	[59th of 154]
Hydroelectricity consumption	0.19	[117th of 213]
Hydroelectricity consumption (per capita)	1.67 per 10 million people	[82nd of 207]
Natural gas > Consumption	0 cu m	[96th of 206]
Natural gas > Consumption (per capita)	0 cu m per capita	[97th of 206]
Natural gas > Exports	0 cu m	[73rd of 202]
Natural gas > Imports	0 cu m	[84th of 200]
Natural gas > Proved reserves	0 cu m	[119th of 203]
natural gas consumption > Date of > Information	2003 est.
Oil > Consumption	3,490 bbl/day	[138th of 212]
Oil > Consumption (per capita)	3.099 bbl/day per 1,000 people	[120th of 190]
Oil > Exports	0 bbl/day	[134th of 184]
Oil > Imports	3,530 bbl/day	[147th of 186]
Oil > Production	0 bbl/day	[133rd of 212]
Oil > Production (per capita)	0 bbl/day per million peopl	[133rd of 198]
Oil > Proved reserves	0 bbl	[116th of 206]
Oil Consumption Test (per $ GDP)	2,780.664 Btu per $1 of GDP	[128th of 171]
Oil Consumption Test (per capita)	6,250,887.403 Btu per capita	[115th of 177]
Oil Consumption Test Test (per $ GDP)	2,780.664 Btu per $1 of GDP	[128th of 171]
Oil Consumption Test Test (per capita)	6,250,887.403 Btu per capita	[115th of 177]
Wall plugs > Frequency	50 HZ	[33rd of 151]
Wall plugs > Plug type UK
Wall plugs > Voltage	230 V	[51st of 209]

SOURCES
World Development Indicators database; Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: List of countries by electricity consumption ; Energy Information Administration; Wikipedia: List of countries by natural gas consumption ; World bank;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Swaziland, Kingdom of Swaziland

Industry

Adjusted savings: mineral depletion > % of GNI	1.28 % of GNI	[25th of 84]
Changes in inventories > constant LCU	13234220
Changes in inventories > current LCU	53900000
Changes in inventories > current US$	11,707,080 $	[97th of 138]
Changes in inventories > current US$ (per $ GDP)	8.151 $ per $1 million of GDP	[62nd of 167]
Changes in inventories > current US$ (per capita)	12.198 $ per 1,000 people	[75th of 167]
Chemicals > % of value added in manufacturing	0.01 %	[84th of 91]
Machinery and transport equipment > % of value added in manufacturing	0.87 %	[82nd of 91]
Manufactures exports > % of merchandise exports	76.42 %	[43rd of 156]
Manufactures imports > % of merchandise imports	64.44 %	[100th of 155]
Manufacturing, value added > annual % growth	1.69 %	[92nd of 156]
Manufacturing, value added > constant 2000 US$	376,537,600 constant 2000 US$	[84th of 155]
Manufacturing, value added > constant 2000 US$ (per capita)	332.924 constant 2000 US$ per c	[39th of 155]
Manufacturing, value added > constant LCU	577027200
Manufacturing, value added > current LCU	3633383000
Manufacturing, value added > current US$	571,376,500 $	[83rd of 167]
Manufacturing, value added > current US$ (per $ GDP)	209.257 $ per $1,000 of GDP	[15th of 180]
Manufacturing, value added > current US$ (per capita)	505.196 $ per capita	[35th of 180]
Ores and metals exports > % of merchandise exports	0.23 %	[119th of 154]
Ores and metals imports > % of merchandise imports	0.96 %	[114th of 155]
Other manufacturing > % of value added in manufacturing	55.6 %	[14th of 107]
Patent applications, nonresidents	47	[67th of 96]
Patent applications, nonresidents (per capita)	57.342 per 1 million people	[47th of 138]
Textiles and clothing > % of value added in manufacturing	2.25 %	[62nd of 101]
value added > annual % growth	1.69 %	[105th of 164]
value added > constant 2000 US$	475,871,000 constant 2000 US$	[111st of 164]
value added > constant 2000 US$ (per capita)	420.752 constant 2000 US$ per c	[74th of 164]
value added > constant LCU	753072800
value added > current LCU	4688591000
value added > current US$	737,315,800 $	[107th of 172]
value added > current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.27 $ per $1 of GDP	[57th of 180]
value added > current US$ (per capita)	651.915 $ per capita	[67th of 180]

SOURCES
World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Swaziland, Kingdom of Swaziland

Agriculture

Agricultural land > % of land area	80.93 % of land area	[6th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km	13,920 sq. km	[131st of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km (per capita)	12,591.303 sq. km per 1,000 people	[42nd of 199]
Agricultural machinery > tractors	3,950	[107th of 190]
Agricultural machinery > tractors (per capita)	3.573 per 1 million people	[60th of 190]
Agricultural machinery > tractors per 100 hectares of arable land	221.91	[64th of 188]
Agricultural raw materials exports > % of merchandise exports	7.83 %	[22nd of 154]
Agricultural raw materials imports > % of merchandise imports	2.2 %	[45th of 155]
Agriculture, value added > constant 2000 US$ (per capita)	129.654 $ per capita	[89th of 164]
Agriculture, value added > current US$ (per $ GDP)	65.403 $ per $1,000 of GDP	[96th of 182]
Agriculture, value added > current US$ (per capita)	157.898 $ per capita	[89th of 182]
Arable land > % of land area	10.35 % of land area	[103rd of 199]
Arable land > hectares	178,000 hectares	[141st of 199]
Arable land > hectares (per capita)	161.009 hectares per 1,000 peop	[97th of 200]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare	1,160.3 kg/ha	[137th of 171]
Crop production index	100.8 %	[131st of 182]
Exports to USA > Orange juice	$18.00	[17th of 44]
Exports to USA > Orange juice (per capita)	$0.02 per 1,000 people	[9th of 44]
Fertilizer consumption > 100 grams per hectare of arable land	393.26 100 g/ha of arable land	[103rd of 169]
Fertilizer consumption > metric tons	7,000 metric tons	[130th of 169]
Fertilizer consumption > metric tons (per capita)	6.433 metric tons per 1 milli	[99th of 176]
Food production index	105.9 %	[91st of 182]
Irrigated land > % of cropland	26.04 %	[45th of 164]
Land under cereal production > hectares	57,675 hectares	[142nd of 176]
Land under cereal production > hectares (per capita)	50,994.695 hectares per 1,000 peop	[110th of 177]
Livestock production index	111.1 %	[49th of 181]
Permanent cropland > % of land area	0.81 % of land area	[118th of 187]
Permanent crops	12,000 hectares	[143rd of 181]
Permanent crops (per capita)	10.5448 hectares per 1,000 peopl	[121st of 181]
Products sugarcane, cotton, corn, tobacco, rice, citrus, pineapples, sorghum, peanuts; cattle, goats, sheep
Value added	16.76	[64th of 158]
value added > annual % growth	1.69 %	[90th of 164]
value added > constant 2000 US$	146,638,900 constant 2000 US$	[121st of 164]
value added > constant 2000 US$ (per capita)	129.654 constant 2000 US$ per c	[89th of 164]
value added > constant LCU	161726800
value added > current LCU	1135606000
value added > current US$	178,582,400 $	[126th of 172]
value added > current US$ (per $ GDP)	65.403 $ per $1,000 of GDP	[96th of 182]
value added > current US$ (per capita)	157.898 $ per capita	[89th of 182]
value added per worker > constant 2000 US$	1,211.84 constant 2000 US$	[92nd of 163]

SOURCES
World Development Indicators database; Agribusiness Online; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2000; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The World Bank

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Swaziland, Kingdom of Swaziland

Transportation

Air transport, freight > million tons per km	0.26 million tons/km	[148th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	89,791	[137th of 164]
Air transport, passengers carried (per capita)	85.924 per 1,000 people	[97th of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide	2,586	[137th of 164]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita)	2.475 per 1,000 people	[84th of 177]
Aircraft departures	2,400	[130th of 155]
Aircraft departures (per capita)	2.10896 per 1,000 people	[82nd of 155]
Airports	18	[139th of 247]
Airports (per $ GDP)	6.798 per billion $ of GDP	[54th of 200]
Airports (per capita)	15.886 per million people	[88th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m	1	[131st of 158]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per $ GDP)	0.414 per $1 billion of GDP	[53rd of 141]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m (per capita)	0.883 per million people	[50th of 156]
Airports > With paved runways > Total	1	[205th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP)	0.378 per billion $ of GDP	[126th of 179]
Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita)	0.883 per million people	[177th of 228]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m	7	[96th of 175]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP)	2,900.953 per $1 trillion of GDP	[42nd of 152]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita)	6.178 per million people	[38th of 170]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total	17	[119th of 204]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per $ GDP)	6,419.947 per trillion $ of GDP	[42nd of 165]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per capita)	15.004 per million people	[53rd of 195]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m	10	[106th of 187]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP)	3,776.439 per trillion $ of GDP	[36th of 172]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per capita)	8.826 per million people	[53rd of 184]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Left side
Ports and harbors	none
Rail lines > total route-km	301 km	[104th of 111]
Railways > A note includes 71 km which are not in use (2001)
Railways > Narrow gauge	301 km 1.067-m gauge
Railways > Total	301 km	[121st of 220]
Railways > Total (per $ GDP)	113.671 km per billion $ of GDP	[38th of 189]
Railways > Total (per capita)	267.28 km per million people	[53rd of 218]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km	11,394 million ton-km	[28th of 84]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km (per capita)	10,074.271 million ton-km per 1 mi	[5th of 111]
Roads, paved > % of total roads	28.2 %	[96th of 163]
Roads, total network > km	3,594 km	[58th of 172]
Roadways > Paved	1,078 km	[48th of 81]
Roadways > Total	3,594 km	[47th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved	2,516 km	[36th of 79]
Travel services > % of commercial service exports	25.48 %	[98th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports	3.5 %	[132nd of 153]
Waterways	0 km	[61st of 165]

SOURCES
World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World standards on users.pandora.be; CIA World Factbook, December 2003

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Swaziland, Kingdom of Swaziland

Taxation

Average time to clear customs > days	1.93 days	[23rd of 39]
Customs and other import duties > % of tax revenue	50.04 %	[7th of 82]
Customs and other import duties > current LCU	1878147000
Highest marginal tax rate, corporate rate > %	30 %	[42nd of 108]
Highest marginal tax rate, individual > on income exceeding, US$	11,792.45 $	[52nd of 93]
Highest marginal tax rate, individual rate > %	33 %	[41st of 102]
Net taxes on products > constant LCU	323303400
Net taxes on products > current LCU	7591869000
Net taxes on products > current US$	1,193,878,000 $	[69th of 159]
Net taxes on products > current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.437 $ per $1 billion of GDP	[1st of 174]
Net taxes on products > current US$ (per capita)	1,055.595 $ per 1 million people	[24th of 174]
Other taxes > % of revenue	0.44 %	[74th of 91]
Other taxes > current LCU	17277000
Tax payments > number	34	[80th of 171]
Tax payments > number (per capita)	30.062 per 1 million people	[27th of 170]
Tax rates > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	15.38 %	[8th of 39]
Tax revenue > % of GDP	26.02 %	[11th of 98]
Tax revenue > current LCU	3753133000
Taxes on exports > current LCU	3000
Taxes on goods and services > % of revenue	18.71 %	[84th of 98]
Taxes on goods and services > % value added of industry and services	9.95 %	[50th of 89]
Taxes on goods and services > current LCU	742054300
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of revenue	27.82 %	[26th of 98]
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of total taxes	29.4 %	[52nd of 98]
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > current LCU	1103530000
Taxes on international trade > % of revenue	47.66 %	[2nd of 86]
Taxes on international trade > current LCU	1890272000
Total tax rate > % of profit	39.5 %	[114th of 171]

SOURCES
World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Swaziland, Kingdom of Swaziland

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