The economy of Swaziland depends on soft drinks concentrates and sugar cane for export revenue and on South Africa, which provides significant trade investment and employment. However, Swaziland has one of the best
| Communications | ||||||||
| Country | Telephonesa | Telephones, Mobile/Cellulara | Radio Stationsb | Radiosa | TV Stationsa | Televisionsa | Internet Service Providersc | Internet Usersc |
| Swaziland | 33,500 (2000) | 30,000 (2000) | AM 7; FM 6 (2000) | 155,000 | 10 (2000) | 21,000 | 3 | 4,000 |
| United States | 194 M | 69.209 M (1998) | AM 4,762; FM 5,542;shortwave 18 | 575 M | 1,500 | 219 M | 7,800 | 148 M |
| South Africa | 5.075 M (1999) | 2 M (1999) | AM 14; FM 347;shortwave 1 | 13.75 M | 556 | 5.2 M | 44 | 1.82 M |
| Lesotho | 20,000 | 1,262 (1996) | AM 1; FM 2;shortwave 1 | 104,000 | 1 (2000) | 54,000 | 1 | 1,000 |
| aData is for 1997 unless otherwise noted. | ||||||||
| bData is for 1998 unless otherwise noted. | ||||||||
| cData is for 2000 unless otherwise noted. | ||||||||
| SOURCE: CIA World Factbook 2001 [Online]. | ||||||||