Other Economic Statistics
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 40.7% (2001)
Industrial production growth rate: 1% (2001 est.)
Electricity - production: 470 GWh (2008), 420 GWh (1998)
Electricity - consumption: 1,207 GWh (2008), 962.9 GWh (2001), 1.078 GWh (1998)
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2009, 2001, 1998)
Electricity - imports: 768 GWh (2009), 639 GWh (2001), 687 GWh (1998)
note: imports about 60% of its electricity from South Africa (2009)
Currency: 1 lilangeni (E) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: emalangeni (E) per US$1 – 7.3 (2011), 7.32 (2010), 8.42 (2009), 7.75 (2008), 7.4 (2007), 10.5407 (2002), 8.6092 (2001), 6.9398 (2000), 6.1087 (1999), 5.4807 (1998), 4.6032 (1997), 4.2706 (1996), 3.6266 (1995); note - the Lilangeni is at par with the South African rand
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