Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4.3% (2004)
Transnational Issues Zimbabwe
Disputes - international:
Botswana has built electric fences and South Africa has placed
military along the border to stem the flow of thousands of
Zimbabweans fleeing to find work and escape political persecution;
Namibia has supported and in 2004 Zimbabwe dropped objections to
plans between Botswana and Zambia to build a bridge over the Zambezi
River, thereby de facto recognizing a short, but not clearly
delimited Botswana-Zambia boundary in the river
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 100,000-150,000 (MUGABE-led political violence, human rights
violations, land reform, and economic collapse) (2004)
Illicit drugs:
transit point for African cannabis and South Asian heroin, mandrax,
and methamphetamines destined for the South African and European
markets
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005
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@2001 GDP (purchasing power parity)
Afghanistan
$21.5 billion (2003 est.)
Albania
$17.46 billion (2004 est.)