ustry. This sector, mostly on
the strength of diamonds, has gone from generating 25% of GDP in 1980 to
over 50% in 1989. No other sector has experienced such growth, especially
not agriculture, which is plagued by erratic rainfall and poor soils. The
unemployment rate remains a problem at 25%.

_#_GDP: $3.1 billion, per capita $2,500; real growth rate 6.3%
(1990)

_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12.0% (1990)

_#_Unemployment rate: 25% (1989)

_#_Budget: revenues $1,719 million; expenditures $1,792 million,
including capital expenditures of $NA (FY92 est.)

_#_Exports: $1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);

commodities--diamonds 77%, copper and nickel 12%, meat 4%, cattle,
animal products;

partners--Switzerland, UK, US, SACU (Southern African Customs
Union)

_#_Imports: $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);

commodities--foodstuffs, vehicles and transport equipment,
textiles, petroleum products;

partners--Switzerland, SACU (Southern African Customs Union),
UK, US

_#_External debt: $780 million (December 1990 est.)

_#_Industrial production: growth rate 16.8% (FY86); accounts for
about 57% of GDP, including mining

_#_Electricity: 217,000 kW capacity; 630 million kWh produced,
510 kWh per capita (1989)

_#_Industries: mining of diamonds, copper, nickel, coal, salt, soda
ash, potash; livestock processing

_#_Agriculture: accounts for only 3% of GDP; subsistence
farming predominates; cattle raising supports 50% of the population;
must import large share of food needs

_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $257
million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-88), $1.8 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $43 million;
Communist countries (1970-89), $29 million

_#_Currency: pula (plural--pula); 1 pula (P) = 100 thebe

_#_Exchange rates: pula (P) per US$1--1.8720 (January 1991), 1.8601
(1990), 2.0125 (1989), 1.8159 (1988), 1.6779 (1987), 1.8678 (1986),
1.8882 (1985)

_#_Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

_*_Communications
_#_Railroads: 712 km 1.0 67-meter gauge

_#_Highways: 11,514 km total; 1,600 km paved; 1,700 km crushed stone
or gravel, 5,177 km improved earth, 3,037 km unimproved earth

_#_Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft

_#_Airports: 100 total, 87 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways;
none with runways over 3,659 m; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 26 with
runways 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommun