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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $14.2 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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7.2% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $9,000 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 4%
industry: 48.7% (including 36% mining)
services: 52% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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23.9% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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47% (2002 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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9.2% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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264,000 formal sector employees (2000)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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NA
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Unemployment rate:
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40% (official rate is 21%) (2001 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $3.263 billion
expenditures: $3.283 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003)
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Public debt:
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7% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash; livestock processing; textiles
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Industrial production growth rate:
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7.3% (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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409.8 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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1.564 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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1.183 billion kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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16,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Agriculture - products:
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livestock, sorghum, maize, millet, beans, sunflowers, groundnuts
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Current account balance:
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$539 million (2003)
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Exports:
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$2.544 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles
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Exports - partners:
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European Free Trade Association (EFTA) 87%, Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 7%, Zimbabwe 4% (2000)
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Imports:
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$1.753 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products
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Imports - partners:
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Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 74%, EFTA 17%, Zimbabwe 4% (2000)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$5.25 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$392 million (2003)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$73 million (1995)
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Currency:
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pula (BWP)
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Currency code:
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BWP
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Exchange rates:
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pulas per US dollar - 4.9499 (2003), 6.3278 (2002), 5.8412 (2001), 5.1018 (2000), 4.6244 (1999)
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Fiscal year:
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1 April - 31 March
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