10. APPENDIX A A. COUNTRY DATA 1. PROFILE Population (1993 Estimate) 1.44 million Population Growth Rate 3.48 Percent Religions Christianity, Islam, Traditional Beliefs Government System Parliamentary Democracy Languages English, Setswana Work Week Monday to Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm 2. DOMESTIC ECONOMY 1993 1994 1995 GDP (USD Million) 3094.5 3155.8 3219.1 GDP Growth Rate (Percent) 2.0 2.0 2.0 GDP Per Capita (USD) 2148.6 2118.1 2076.8 Government Spending As Percent Of GDP 50.0 50.0 50.0 Inflation (Percent) 12.7 10.0 9.5 Unemployment (Percent) 19.5 21.0 22.0 Foreign Ex Reserves(USD Million) 4097.0 4998.3 6247.5 Average Exchange Rate For USD 1 P2.57 P2.7 P2.8 Foreign Debt (USD Million, Mar 93) 425 n/a n/a Debt Service Ratio 4.0 n/a n/a U.S.Economic Assistance (USD Millions) 6.3 4.8 2.7 U.S. Military Assistance (USD Millions) 2.3 1.8 2.1 3. TRADE USD MILLIONS 1993 1994 1995 Total Country Exports (fob) 1515.2 1600.0 1689.6 Total Country Imports (cif) 1617.7 1698.6 1782.9 U.S. Exports 24.6 25.8 27.1 U.S. Imports 8.5 8.9 9.4 U.S. Share Of Host Country Imports 2.0 Percent IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS USD MILLIONS 1993 1994 1995 Total (from world) 1293.6 1358.3 1426.2 From The U.S 24.6 25.8 27.1 U.S. Share Of Manufactured Imports (Percent) 2.0 2.0 2.0 Botswana's Manufactured Goods Trade Balance With U.S. (16.1) (16.9) (17.7) IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL GOODS USD MILLIONS 1993 1994 1995 Total (From World) 323.4 339.6 356.58 From The U.S. Negligible U.S. Share Of Agricultural Imports Negligible Botswana's Agricultural Goods Trade Balance with U.S. Negligible Trade Balance With Three Leading Partners 1992 USD Millions South Africa (1380.5) United Kingdom (20.6) Switzerland 1271.7 Principal U.S. Exports: Manufactured goods, including radio, communication and electrical equipment. Principal U.S. Imports: Textiles, clothing and handicrafts. 4. FOREIGN INVESTMENT USD Millions Total Foreign Investment 750 since 1980 excluding U.S. (Estimate) Total Foreign Investment excluding 51 U.S. (1993) Total U.S. Investment since 150 1980 (Estimate) Total U.S. Investment (1993) 14 NOTES: ------ All figures have been converted to USD for ease of comparison at an exchange rate of Pula 2.57 per USD 1.00 (1993). Figured in parenthesis indicate negative values. SECTION 2: With the exception of 1993 figures for inflation, unemployment, foreign exchange reserves, foreign debt, and average exchange rate, all other figures are very provisional and subject to revision. GDP figures have been estimated based on the 1992/93 projected level of GDP by the Central Statistics Office, at a real increase rate of 2.0 percent in economic growth per annum. SECTION 3: 1993 figures for total exports and imports to Botswana are flash estimates. Figures for consequent years have been projected at a 5.6 percent growth rate for exports and a 5.0 percent growth rate for imports per annum. Trade balance figures for 1993 are not available. SOURCES: ------- Stats Brief No. 93/4, Central Statistics Office; Annual Report 1993, Bank of Botswana; Barclays Botswana Economic Review, First Edition 1994, VOL. 5 NO. 1, ISSN 1017-4664; U.S. Department of Commerce.