Debt - external:
$320 million (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$104 million (2001)
Currency:
lilangeni (SZL)
Currency code:
SZL
Exchange rates:
emalangeni per US dollar - 10.54 (2002), 8.61 (2001), 6.94 (2000),
6.11 (1999), 5.53 (1998)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Swaziland
Telephones - main lines in use:
38,500 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
45,000 (2001)
Telephone system:
general assessment: a somewhat modern but not an advanced system
domestic: system consists of carrier-equipped, open-wire lines and
low-capacity, microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)