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 | Telephones a | Telephones, Mobile/Cellular a | Radio Stations b | Radios a | TV Stations a | Televisions a | Internet Service Providers c | Internet Users c |
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 |
a Data is for 1997 unless otherwise noted. | ||||||||
b Data is for 1998 unless otherwise noted. | ||||||||
c Data is for 2000 unless otherwise noted. | ||||||||
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook 2001 [Online]. |
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