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Capital city: Harare Languages: English (official); Shona, Ndebele, numerous but minor dialects like Sotho, Nyamba, Shangani, Venda, Chewa, Nyanja,Tonga (other)
Economic profile Monetary unit: Zimbabwe dollar (1Z$ = $ 0.002657)1 GDP per capita: $3202 GDP composition by sector:
Agriculture: 20.4%3
Industry: 24.6%3
Services: 54.9%3 GDP growth rate: 6.8%4 Consumer price inflation: 5%5 Industries: Mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, diamonds, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages3 Exports of goods and nonfactor services: Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped (20.5%); ferrochromium containing by weight more than 4% of carbon (15.3%); nickel, not alloyed, unwrought (7.1%)6 Import commodities: Machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels, food products3 Reserves (excluding gold, in million dollars): (figures not available)7 Foreign direct investment (in million dollars): 1058
Budget Government revenue, including grants (as percentage of GDP): 17%9 Government expenditure and net lending: 20.2%9
Social profile Population (in thousands): 12 75410 Population growth: 2.7%10 Life expectancy at birth (in years): 51.411 Adult literacy (people over 15): 91.9%12 School enrolment primary (total gross enrolment): 103.613 School enrolment secondary (total gross enrolment): (figures not available)13 School enrolment tertiary: (figures not available)14 Unemployment: (figures not available)3 Number of people living with HIV/Aids: 14.3%15
1 http:// www.exchangerate.com 2 African Economic Outlook. Basic indicators (2011). 3 Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Economy (2011). 4 African Economic Outlook. Real GDP growth rates (2011). 5 African Economic Outlook. Monetary indicators: inflation (2011). 6 African Economic Outlook. Exports (2010). 7 African Economic Outlook. Monetary indicators: reserves (2011). 8 African Economic Outlook. Foreign direct investment (2010). 9 African Economic Outlook. Public finances (2011). 10 African Economic Outlook. Demographic indicators (2010). 11 African Economic Outlook. Basic health indicators (2011). 12 African Economic Outlook. Basic education indicators (2009). 13 African Economic Outlook. School enrolment (2011). 14 World Bank. School enrolment tertiary (2010 to 2011). 15 African Economic Outlook. Major diseases (2009).
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