ECONOMIC INDICATORS General economic indicators Total gross domestic product (GDP – nominal, million USD, 2008) 1,779.10 GDP per capita (USD, 2008) 913.87 GDP per capita average annual growth rate (1990–2006) 3.86 per cent Real GDP growth (2008) 3.1 per cent Exchange rate (loti/USD) (December 2007) 6.63 Budget deficit (2006/2007) USD 66.61 Long-term debt (debt outstanding disbursed, or DOD, current USD, 2005) USD 730.83 Workers’ remittances received (USD, 2006) USD 7,943.81 Trade in million USD (current prices, 2007) Exports: 920.97 Imports: 2,003.47 x Major exports Apparel and clothing accessories Leading export destinations United States of America (USA), South Africa and Japan Major imports Miscellaneous, mineral fuels and transport equipment Leading import partners South Africa and Japan Foreign direct investment (FDI – 2006) M623 million – 73 companies Tourism (2006) Arrivals (664,416) Average annual rate of inflation (1990–2006) 10.9 per cent Labour force (2006) 1,363,899 Average per cent of central government expenditure allocated to health (average for 2000–2006) 8 per cent Per cent of central government expenditure allocated to education (average for 2000–2006) 25 per cent Per cent of central government expenditure allocated to defence (average for 2000–2006) 0.6 per cent Government grants in million loti (2006/2007) M92.4