(1996)

Electricity--production by source:
fossil fuel: 71.76%
hydro: 28.24%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1996)

Electricity--consumption: 10.769 billion kWh (1996)

Electricity--exports: 1 million kWh (1996)

Electricity--imports: 2.27 billion kWh (1996)

Agriculture--products: corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee,
sugarcane, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs

Exports: $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.)

Exports--commodities: tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, cotton (1997)

Exports--partners: South Africa 12%, UK 11%, Germany 8%, Japan 6%,
US 6% (1997 est.)

Imports: $2 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.)

Imports--commodities: machinery and transport equipment 39%, other
manufactures 18%, chemicals 15%, fuels 10% (1997 est.)

Imports--partners: South Africa 37%, UK 7%, US 6%, Japan 6% (1997
est.)

Debt--external: $5 billion (1998)

Economic aid--recipient: $437.6 million (1995)

Currency: 1 Zimbabwean dollar (Z$) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: Zimbabwean dollars (Z$) per US$1--39.3701 (January
1999), 21.4133 (1998), 11.8906 (1997), 9.9206 (1996), 8.6580 (1995),
8.1500 (1994)

Fiscal year: 1 July--30 June

Communications

Telephones: 301,000 (1990 est.)

Telephone system: system was once one of the best in Africa, but
now suffers from poor maintenance
domestic: consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines,
and radiotelephone communication stations
international: satellite earth station--1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 18, shortwave 0

Radios: 890,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 16 (1997)

Televisions: 280,000 (1992 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 2,759 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,759 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified; 42 km
double track) (1995 est.)

Highways:
total: 18,338 km
paved: 8,692 km
unpaved: 9,646 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: the Mazoe and Zambezi rivers are used for transporting
chrome ore from Harare to Mozambique

Pipelines: petroleum products 212 km

Ports and harbors: Binga, Kariba

Airports: 467 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 18
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 9 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 449
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 220
under 914 m: 225 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe