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Swaziland

— Current Environmental Issues —

limited supplies of potable water; wildlife populations being depleted because of excessive hunting; overgrazing; soil degradation; soil erosion

— Health Indicators —

HIV / AIDS prevalancy rate: 38.8

Fertility Rate: 3.4

Infant Mortality Rate: 70.7

Life Expectancy at Birth: Male: 31.8

Life Expectancy at Birth: Female: 33.0

Life Expectancy at Birth: Total Population: 32.2

— Population —

Population Total: 1,133,066

Population Growth Rate: -0.3

— Economic Indicators —

GDP Real Growth Rate: 2.0

Military Expendatures Percent of GDP: 4.9

Unemployment Rate: 40.0

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.4

GDP Per Capita PPP: 5,500

Population Below Poverty Line: 69

(Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations.)

— Education and Communications —

Bordering country: Mozambique

Bordering country: South Africa

— Background —

Autonomy for the Swazis of southern Africa was guaranteed by the British in the late 19th century; independence was granted in 1968. Student and labor unrest during the 1990s pressured King MSWATI III, the worlds last ruling monarch, to grudgingly allow political reform and greater democracy, although he has backslid on these promises in recent years. Swaziland recently surpassed Botswana as the country with the worlds highest known rates of HIV/AIDS infection.

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Accordion Item 1

— Health Indicators —

Accordion body 1 : at optandum maxime, iudices, et quod unum ad invidiam vestri ordinis infamiamque iudiciorum sedandam maxime pertinebat, id non humano consilio sed prope divinitus datum atque oblatum vobis summo rei publicae tempore videtur.

Accordion Item 2

Accordion body 2 : adduxi enim hominem in quo reconciliare existimationem iudiciorum amissam, redire in gratiam cum populo Romano, satis facere exteris nationibus possetis, depeculatorem aerari, vexatorem Asiae atque Pamphyliae, praedonem iuris urbani, labem atque perniciem provinciae Siciliae.

de quo si vos severe ac religiose iudicaveritis, auctoritas ea quae in vobis remanere debet haerebit; sin istius ingentes divitiae iudiciorum religionem veritatemque perfregerint, ego hoc tamen adsequar, ut iudicium potius rei publicae quam aut reus iudicibus aut accusator reo defuisse videatur.

World Comps

— Health Indicators —
HIV/AIDS prevalency rate: 0.8%
Fertility Rate: 2.6 children born/woman
Infant Mortality Rate: 43.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy at Birth: Female: 68.0
Life Expectancy at Birth: male: 63.9
Life Expectancy at Birth: Total Pop.: 65.8

— Population —
Population Total: 6,602,224,175
Population Growth Rate: 1.2%

— Economic Indicators —
GDP Real Growth Rate: 5.1%
Military Expendatures Pct of GDP: ~2.0%
Unemployment Rate: 8.7%¹
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
    Developed countries: 2.5%
    Developing countries: 5.6%;
GDP Per Capita PPP: $10,000
    (USA: $47,200)

— Education and Communications —
Internet Usage Per Capita: 15.4%
Literacy: Female: 77%
Literacy: male: 87%
Literacy: Total Population: 82%²

1. 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment.
2. Literacy definition: Age 15 and over can read and write.

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