SADC SELECTED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INDICATORS, 2018

1. INTRODUCTION

This report is an attempt to provide data series and a brief
trend analysis of the major economic characteristics of
SADC region for the Year 2018 based on GDP and Trade
indicators for the period 2008 to 2018. Data was primarily
submitted and updated by National Statistical Offices
(NSOs) of SADC Member States. Data gaps were pooled
from other sources including the African Statistical
Yearbook 2019, UNIDO statistics database and in some
cases, SADC estimates were used. GDP and GDP growth
rates data were approved and recommended to Council
during the 26th SADC Statistics Committee Meeting
session, 29-31 May 2019 in Swakopmund, Namibia. The
core list of selected indicators for the region is presented
in the attached tables 1 to 29 and corresponds to data
submission as at end of June 2019.
2. GDP AND MANUFACTURING
At country-specific level (Table 3), Seychelles registered
overall economic growth rate of 7.9% followed by
Tanzania (7.0%) whilst Angola and Namibia registered
negative growth for the second consecutive year
respectively -1.1% and -0.1% in 2018. With regard to the
Manufacturing sector, Zimbabwe and Tanzania recorded
significant growth rates of 12.1% and 8.3% in 2018 whilst
DRC manufacturing sector declined by 0.8%.
The share of manufacturing sector to overall GDP for SADC
region in 2018 stood at 11.9%,against 11.2% in 2017.
However, the share of the manufacturing sector to overall
GDP in SADC region has been declining marginally since
2009 from 13.1% to reach its lowest point to 10.9% in 2013.
The Post 2013 period has shown a slight recovery of the
sector for gradual increase in its share to the GDP increasing
to about 11.9% in 2018.

SADC region registered an estimated average growth rate

of 1.8% in 2018 compared to 2.1% in 2017 as illustrated
in Figure 1. The Manufacturing sector, identified as the
prioritized key engine of growth to drive the
industrialization process in SADC for the coming
decades, grew by 4.3% in 2018 compared to 4.6% in
2017. The region`s overall growth has been increasing at
a lower path since post global crisis in 2009 while the
manufacturing sector has been experiencing higher
growth rates post 2015. This sector has been performing
better than other economic sectors in the region for the
period 2014 - 2018 since the manufacturing sector
growths have been higher than the overall growth for the
region.
Figure 3 shows trend of nominal GDP per capita of SADC
region for the period 2008-2018.

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GDP per capita stood at $2081 in 2018, representing a
significant nominal increase of 0.7% compared to $2068 in
2017. Since 2008, GDP per capita increased from $1912 to
reach its highest level of $2454 in 2011. At country level,
Table 4 below shows Seychelles has the highest GDP per
capita (US$ 16 348) estimate whilst Malawi has the lowest
at US$ 410 in 2018.
3. TRADE
Trade liberalization is one of the core elements of regional
economic integration within the SADC region. In 2018,
SADC Exports of Goods (Extra-SADC) stood at about $
154 billion whilst Imports stood at $ 149 billion. Figure 4
illustrates trend in SADC Trade Balance for the period
2008-2018.
In 2018, intra-SADC Exports of Goods stood at about $
37.3 billion whilst intra-SADC Imports stood at $ 35.3
billion. Figure 5 illustrates trend in intra SADC exports
and imports for the period 2008 – 2018.
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Merchandise trade among SADC Member States has
steadily been on the increase since 2008 as depicted in Fig
5 above. Intra-SADC Exports as a percentage of Total
Exports of Goods increased from 15.2% in 2008 to reach
19.5% in 2018 whilst that of Imports increased from
17.5% to 19.1% during the same period. It is also worth
noting that intra SADC share to Total Trade has been
increasing constantly but marginally.
4. DEMOGRAPHY
The estimated population of the SADC region increased
stands at 345.2 million in 2018, against 336.9 million in
2017 representing a 2.5% annual population growth rate.
The largest population share in the region in 2018 was in
DRC (26.6%) followed by South Africa (16.7%) and
Tanzania (15.7%). Figure 6 shows the share of population
across SADC Member States for 2018.
Life Expectancy at birth, as a measurement for quantity of
life, is an indicator with high correlation to the health status
of a population which invariably has bearings for
contributing to the processes of growth and productivity in
a country.
SADC region has been registering steady increase in life
expectancy over the past decade that could be attributed
to improved nutrition, sanitation and medical
interventions, among others. Available data indicate that
the average life expectancy of the region has increased
from 52.3 years in 2008 to 61.0 years in 2018 (Figure 7).
6. YOUTH
Table 26 and 27 provide updates on youth
unemployment, 15-24 years in SADC region. There is
contrasting results across Member States for 2017 where
the following countries have youth unemployment less
than 10%: DRC, Madagascar, Malawi and Tanzania
whilst South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique and Namibia
has very high level of youth unemployment such as:
57.4%, 54.8%, 42.7% and 45.5% respectively. From a
gender perspective, it is worth noting that female
proportion in youth unemployment is highest in Mauritius
(30.0%) followed by Botswana (20.0%) compared to
male as of 2017.
the region as the proportion is nearly 50.0% in
Mozambique while others such as Eswatini, South Africa
and Namibia have rate of less than 7.5%. Violence against
women with intimate partner is also very high up to
50.7% in DRC.
On enrollment in science and technical subject matter at
tertiary level, the region has very low proportion of
female participation, the highest being Zimbabwe in the
order of 20.9%. Women`s representation in senior and
middle management position also is not in parity to male
as depicted in Table 35. Regarding financial inclusion and
access to finance, there are contrasting results in the
region as some Member States have high rate of access
(Mauritius and Seychelles) while rest does not attain
50%. Finally, on mandatory maternity paid leave, all
SADC Member States pay women 90 days in average
with the exception of Eswatini that pays only 14 days. The
highest number of paid maternity leave days is South
Africa.

5. WOMEN`S EMPOWERMENT

The empowerment and autonomy of women and the

improvement of their political, social, economic and
health status is a highly important end in itself. In
addition, it is essential for the achievement of sustainable
development. Women’s empowerment contains a
selection of 13 woman-specific empowerment indicators
(Tables 28 -35) that allows empowerment to be compared
across indicators and countries. Indicators represent three
distinct empowerment dimensions – reproductive health
and family planning; violence against girls and women;
and socioeconomic empowerment.

On reproductive health and family planning as at 2017,

most women in the region have been at least treated by a
skilled health personnel during their pregnancy. The
antenatal care for most SADC Member States averages
90% (table 28). The same pattern follows for women
percentage of deliveries attended by skilled health
personnel trained in providing lifesaving obstetric care
(table 29) with the exception of Angola having a low
proportion of 46.9%. The region has experienced an
improvement of maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and
adolescent birth rate since 2010 to 2017 as they have been
decreasing over the period (Table 30 & 31). However,
contraceptive prevalence for women of reproductive age,
15 – 49 years, are still low and ranges from a minimum
of 13.7% in Angola to a maximum of only 66.8% in
Zimbabwe.

The second dimension to measure women empowerment

in society is violence against them. Table 34 illustrates
some profiles of SADC Member States in this area as
period average from 2005 – 2018. Based on available
data, child marriage phenomenon is highly prevalent in
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 Table 1: Population in SADC-Midyear ("000), 2008- 2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 21 452 22 099 22 802 23 533 24 292 25 080 25 901 26 681 27 503 28 359 29 250

Botswana 1 915 1 951 1 988 2 025 2 063 2 101 2 156 2 195 2 230 2 254 2 289

Comoros 652 669 687 705 724 744 764 785 806 828 851

DRC 68 076 70 391 72 884 75 259 77 817 80 462 83 197 85 026 86 895 88 806 91 724

Eswatini 1 032 1 044 1 055 1 067 1 080 1 093 1 106 1 119 1 132 1 093 1 159

Lesotho 1 884 1 887 1 892 1 897 1 901 1 908 1 916 1 924 1 942 1 953 2 183

Madagascar 19 072 19 601 20 142 20 697 21 263 21 843 22 434 23 041 23 658 24 289 24 933

Malawi 13 077 13 520 13 948 14 389 14 845 15 317 15 805 16 311 16 833 17 373 17 563

Mauritius 1 244 1 247 1 250 1 252 1 256 1 259 1 261 1 263 1 263 1 265 1 266

Mozambique 21 208 21 803 22 417 23 050 23 701 24 366 25 042 25 728 26 424 27 910 27 844

Namibia 2 116 2 155 2 196 2 238 2 281 2 324 2 369 2 414 2 459 2 369 2 414

Seychelles 85.0 87.0 88.0 86.8 87.2 89.0 91.4 93.4 94.7 96.0 97

South Africa 49 177 49 928 50 724 51 551 52 410 53 282 54 167 55 056 55 947 56 837 57 726

Tanzania 40 668 41 916 43 187 44 485 44 929 46 356 47 831 49 359 50 942 52 555 54 199

Zambia 12 292 12 626 13 093 13 719 14 145 14 600 15 023 15 474 15 934 16 405 16 887

Zimbabwe 12 122 12 231 12 336 12 754 13 062 13 368 13 652 13 944 14 223 14 516 14 849

SADC Total 266 072 273 155 280 689 288 707 295 856 304 192 312 716 320 413 328 285 336 908 345 233

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 Table 2: Gross Domestic Product in SADC at Current Market Prices, (US $ million), 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 88 539 70 415 83 799 111 943 128 138 136 725 145 668 116 164 101 124 122 121 107 970

Botswana 10 945 10 267 12 787 15 438 14 420 14 902 16 251 14 421 15 662 17 486 18 596

Comoros 524 531 906 1 022 1 016 1 116 1 148 988 1 021 1 082 1 241

DRC 19 144 16 004 21 567 25 841 29 308 32 686 35 909 37 918 37 135 37 981 47 228

Eswatini 3 279 3 612 4 436 4 821 4 830 4 587 4 440 4 023 3 815 4 440 4 362

Lesotho 1 867 1 886 2 384 2 787 2 727 2 553 2 616 2 463 2 305 2 592 2 519

Madagascar 9 413 8 544 9 983 11 552 11 579 12 424 12 523 10 371 11 805 13 177 13 904

Malawi 5 322 6 185 6 960 8 003 5 721 5 290 5 918 6 431 5 310 6 348 7 197

Mauritius 9 984 9 135 10 002 11 517 11 669 12 122 12 804 11 671 12 127 13 146 14 129

Mozambique 11 557 11 242 10 456 13 135 15 343 16 123 17 327 15 457 10 902 12 647 14 428

Namibia 8 346 8 954 10 911 12 602 13 032 12 659 12 848 11 725 11 293 13 579 14 446

Seychelles 969 849 970 1 019 1 060 1 328 1 343 1 377 1 428 1 503 1 589

South Africa 287 100 297 217 375 298 416 878 396 811 366 837 351 047 317 638 296 333 349 630 368 398

Tanzania 27 389 28 574 31 704 34 452 39 643 45 668 49 969 47 522 49 763 53 281 57 347

Zambia 17 909 15 329 20 266 23 461 25 528 28 076 27 163 21 274 21 031 25 590 25 177

Zimbabwe 6 451 8 157 12 042 14 102 17 115 19 091 19 495 19 963 20 549 22 041 22 790

SADC region 508 737 496 902 614 470 708 572 717 940 712 186 716 470 639 406 601 602 696 643 721 321

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 Table 3: Gross Domestic Product (at Market Price) Annual Real Growth Rates (%) in SADC, 2008-2018
SADC Member States 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Angola 10.5 0.8 5.2 4.1 8.8 5.0 4.0 0.9 0.0 0.7 -1.1

Botswana 6.2 -7.7 8.6 6.0 4.5 11.3 4.1 -1.7 4.3 2.9 4.5

Comoros 4.0 3.2 3.8 4.1 3.2 4.5 2.1 1.1 2.3 2.5 3.3

DRC 6.2 2.9 7.1 6.9 7.1 8.5 9.5 6.9 2.4 3.7 5.8

Eswatini 0.8 1.6 3.8 2.2 4.7 6.4 1.9 0.4 3.2 1.9 2.4

Lesotho 6.7 2.2 6.1 6.9 6.0 1.8 3.1 1.6 3.6 0.1 1.2

Madagascar 7.1 -4.0 0.6 1.6 3.0 2.3 3.3 3.1 4.0 3.9 5.3

Malawi 7.8 7.5 6.9 4.9 -0.6 6.3 6.2 3.3 2.7 5.2 4.0

Mauritius 5.4 3.3 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.8

Mozambique 6.9 6.4 6.7 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.4 6.6 3.8 3.7 3.3

Namibia 2.6 0.3 6.0 5.1 5.1 5.6 6.4 6.1 1.1 -0.9 -0.1

Seychelles -1.9 -0.2 5.0 5.4 3.7 6.0 4.5 4.9 4.5 4.3 7.9

South Africa 3.2 -1.5 3.0 3.3 2.2 2.5 1.8 1.2 0.4 1.4 0.8

Tanzania 5.6 5.4 6.3 7.7 4.5 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.9 6.8 7.0

Zambia 7.8 9.2 10.3 5.6 7.6 5.1 4.7 2.9 3.4 3.6 3.7

Zimbabwe -2.8 12.6 19.7 14.2 16.7 2.0 2.4 1.8 0.8 0.8 3.4

SADC region 5.1 0.2 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.0 3.5 2.2 1.5 2.1 1.8

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 Table 4: Per Capita Gross Domestic Product at Current Prices, (US $ per head), 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 4 127 3 186 3 675 4 757 5 275 5 452 5 624 4 354 3 677 4 306 3 691

Botswana 5 716 5 263 6 433 7 624 6 990 7 093 7 537 6 570 7 024 7 758 8 124

Comoros 798 789 1 313 1 445 1 403 1 504 1 513 1 272 1 283 1 330 1 492

DRC 281 227 296 343 377 406 432 446 427 428 515

Eswatini 3 177 3 460 4 205 4 518 4 472 4 197 4 014 3 595 3 370 4 062 3 764

Lesotho 991 1 000 1 260 1 469 1 435 1 338 1 365 1 280 1 187 1 327 1 154

Madagascar 494 436 496 558 545 569 558 450 499 542 529

Malawi 407 457 499 556 385 345 374 394 315 365 410

Mauritius 8 026 7 325 8 001 9 199 9 290 9 629 10 154 9 241 9 602 10 392 11 160

Mozambique 545 516 466 570 647 662 692 601 413 453 518

Namibia 3 944 4 155 4 969 5 631 5 713 5 447 5 424 4 857 4 592 5 733 5 985

Seychelles 11 405 9 761 11 020 11 736 12 147 14 923 14 700 14 745 15 078 15 658 16 378

South Africa 5 838 5 953 7 399 8 087 7 571 6 885 6 481 5 769 5 297 6 151 6 382

Tanzania 673 682 734 774 882 985 1 045 963 977 1 014 1 058

Zambia 1 457 1 214 1 548 1 710 1 805 1 923 1 808 1 375 1 320 1 560 1 491

Zimbabwe 532 667 976 1 106 1 310 1 428 1 428 1 432 1 445 1 518 1 535

SADC region 1 912 1 819 2 189 2 454 2 427 2 341 2 291 1 996 1 833 2 068 2 081

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 Table 5: Share of Manufacturing Value Added (MVA) to Total GDP (%) in SADC, 2008-2018
SADC Member States 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Angola 3.5 5.2 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.8 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.0 7.4

Botswana 6.4 7.2 7.1 6.4 6.6 6.4 5.8 6.4 5.7 5.6 5.7

Comoros 7.4 7.7 7.5 7.7 7.3 7.8 8.1 8.2 8.6 9.0 9.2

DRC 23.2 26.5 17.0 16.2 16.4 16.6 16.7 17.7 20.4 20.8 18.8

Eswatini 36.1 36.3 34.0 33.3 33.4 31.8 32.9 34.0 32.8 32.0 32.8

Lesotho 21.1 17.5 13.2 13.1 12.1 11.8 11.4 12.5 12.0 12.1 14.5

Madagascar 14.6 14.4 14.3 14.3 14.3 14.1 14.0 13.8 12.9 13.2 14.1

Malawi 12.6 11.2 10.7 10.4 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.1 9.8 9.2

Mauritius 17.2 16.7 15.9 15.7 15.5 15.7 15.3 14.7 14.0 13.4 12.9

Mozambique 13.4 11.9 11.3 11.2 10.0 9.5 9.9 10.0 9.6 10.0 10.3

Namibia 12.3 14.1 13.5 14.8 13.1 11.9 10.8 10.5 12.0 11.7 11.0

Seychelles 10.8 9.2 9.7 9.4 10.3 8.6 7.9 7.2 7.0 7.4 7.9

South Africa 16.0 15.0 14.4 13.3 13.0 12.9 13.4 13.4 13.5 13.4 13.2

Tanzania 7.4 7.3 7.3 8.1 10.2 9.8 9.9 8.6 8.5 8.4 8.7

Zambia 9.0 9.0 8.0 8.0 7.5 6.4 7.3 7.9 8.1 7.9 9.9

Zimbabwe 15.9 12.5 10.4 10.3 15.8 14.4 13.9 13.2 12.8 12.1 13.3

SADC region 13.0 13.1 12.3 11.3 11.1 10.9 11.2 11.2 11.5 11.2 11.9

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 Table 6: Manufacturing Value Added (MVA) Growth Rates (%) in SADC, 2008-2018
SADC Member States 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Angola 5.9 6.8 9.6 9.1 9.6 7.7 2.3 -1.1 6.9 3.0 5.1

Botswana -2.6 5.0 3.9 11.4 3.7 6.5 0.5 3.2 1.6 2.2 3.6

Comoros 4.2 2.2 13.2 5.7 0.6 8.9 -4.6 2.9 5.6 5.0 2.6

DRC 2.5 1.8 -35.5 1.8 5.3 10.1 9.9 9.3 8.6 2.4 -0.8

Eswatini -4.0 -4.2 11.0 1.7 0.8 3.1 4.3 1.5 1.1 5.4 4.2

Lesotho -2.7 -2.9 0.9 -0.6 -3.6 -2.5 -5.4 20.6 2.0 4.0 3.6

Madagascar 3.1 -9.3 -2.4 3.9 2.7 1.4 2.7 3.0 2.2 7.2 5.9

Malawi 11.0 29.1 14.4 1.0 -0.9 5.6 6.3 3.8 1.3 1.8 3.7

Mauritius 2.9 2.4 1.9 0.7 2.1 4.7 1.8 0.1 0.3 1.5 0.7

Mozambique -2.8 0.0 3.1 2.1 0.1 4.1 2.6 9.0 3.9 0.3 2.6

Namibia 4.9 2.0 7.5 5.7 -6.8 4.4 -0.1 -4.3 5.2 1.4 5.7

Seychelles -12.4 -11.3 8.6 12.8 17.7 -13.1 -6.3 7.4 1.7 7.9 5.0

South Africa 2.3 -10.6 5.9 3.0 2.1 1.0 0.3 -0.4 0.8 -0.2 1.0

Tanzania 11.4 4.5 8.9 6.7 4.2 3.7 10.0 7.1 10.8 8.2 8.3

Zambia 3.4 4.0 4.8 10.6 4.8 6.2 6.5 5.4 1.9 4.4 4.1

Zimbabwe -2.6 2.0 2.0 13.8 5.3 -0.6 -5.1 0.2 -4.0 0.8 12.1

SADC region -1.8 -1.7 7.6 3.1 2.3 3.7 4.1 2.9 3.0 4.6 4.3

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 Table 7: Annual Inflation Rates (period average), %, in SADC, 2008-2018
SADC Member States 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Angola 12.5 13.7 14.5 13.5 10.3 8.8 7.3 14.3 41.1 26.3 18.2

Botswana 12.6 8.2 6.9 8.5 7.5 5.9 4.4 3.1 2.8 3.3 3.2

Comoros -2.9 3.8 1.8 6.3 2.8 -1.2 0.9 0.8 0.1 1.7

DRC 18.0 46.1 23.5 15.6 22.2 0.8 1.2 1.1 4.8 53.5 23.0

Eswatini 12.6 7.6 4.5 6.1 8.9 5.6 5.7 5.0 7.8 6.2 4.8

Lesotho 10.7 7.3 3.6 5.0 6.1 5.0 5.4 3.2 6.6 5.2 4.7

Madagascar 9.2 9.0 9.2 9.5 5.7 5.8 6.1 7.4 6.7 8.3 7.3

Malawi 8.7 8.4 7.4 7.6 21.3 27.3 23.8 21.9 21.7 11.5 9.2

Mauritius 9.7 2.5 2.9 6.5 3.9 3.5 3.2 1.3 1.0 3.7 3.2

Mozambique 14.5 3.8 12.4 11.2 2.6 4.3 2.6 3.6 19.9 15.1 3.9

Namibia 9.1 9.5 4.9 5.0 6.7 5.6 5.4 3.4 6.7 6.2 4.3

Seychelles 36.4 34.2 -2.4 2.6 7.1 4.4 1.4 4.0 -1.0 3.5 3.7

South Africa 11.5 7.2 4.3 5.0 5.6 5.7 6.1 4.6 6.4 5.3 4.7

Tanzania 10.3 12.1 5.5 12.7 16.0 7.9 6.1 5.6 5.2 5.3 3.5

Zambia 12.4 13.5 8.2 6.4 6.6 7.0 7.8 10.2 18.2 6.6 7.0

Zimbabwe 231000000 -7.7 3.1 3.5 2.9 1.6 -0.2 -2.4 -1.6 0.9 10.6

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 Table 8: Total Exports in SADC (US $ million), 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 64 701 40 639 52 629 66 427 70 863 67 711 58 672 33 048 27 150 34 905 40 545

Botswana 4 877 3 634 4 944 5 320 5 905 7 617 6 452 6 101 7 412 5 809 6 605

Comoros 10 19 23 26 19 21 26 17 31 40 42

DRC 4 224 2 908 6 619 6 236 5 809 7 701 10 307 10 285 9 917 10 445 10 900

Eswatini 1 341 1 570 1 744 2 343 1 733 1 895 1 903 1 758 1 616 1 914 1 864

Lesotho 727 626 503 771 976 848 872 917 909 1 028 1 230

Madagascar 1 705 1 098 1 153 1 448 1 202 1 627 2 220 2 060 2 251 2 795 3 052

Malawi 879 1 189 1 096 1 507 1 285 1 287 1 510 1 417 1 121 1 092 877

Mauritius 2 397 1 931 2 252 2 560 2 661 2 872 3 095 2 661 2 356 2 320 2 359

Mozambique 2 653 2 147 2 333 3 604 3 856 4 024 4 421 3 413 3 328 4 725 5 012

Namibia 4 770 4 556 5 967 5 940 5 480 5 570 5 984 4 608 4 824 4 360 6 980

Seychelles 73 195 255 279 307 425 464 423 523 545 518

South Africa 88 412 69 485 91 009 108 99 513 96 265 92 282 80 749 76 287 87 792 94 273
915
Tanzania 2 952 2 722 4 047 4 802 5 505 5 146 4 498 4 360 4 462 4 075 3 869

Zambia 5 099 4 315 7 201 8 829 9 642 10 607 9 687 7 038 6 508 8 158 9 411

Zimbabwe 1 694 1 604 3 245 4 528 3 964 3 810 3 682 3 577 3 663 4 054 4 038

SADC region 186 513 138 638 185 018 223 533 218 721 217 425 206 074 162 431 152 360 174 056 191 575

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 Table 9: Total Imports in SADC (US $ million), 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 16 973 23 573 18 143 20 791 28 916 27 689 28 580 20 693 12 515 15 462 16 353

Botswana 5 284 5 068 6 016 6 649 7 988 8 113 6 128 7 039 6 162 5 324 6 319

Comoros 176 170 178 197 217 228 241 185 185 211 242

DRC 5 345 4 740 4 045 6 549 9 974 12 279 15 295 10 575 10 121 10 639 11 750

Eswatini 1 318 1 444 2 023 2 000 1 885 1 890 1 669 1 465 1 424 1 651 1 864

Lesotho 1 070 1 349 1 274 1 464 2 251 1 886 1 816 1 699 1 609 2 059 2 294

Madagascar 3 903 3 218 2 645 2 929 2 491 2 700 3 328 2 392 2 962 3 615 4 031

Malawi 2 033 2 108 2 139 2 426 2 334 2 810 2 688 2 212 2 075 2 135 2 702

Mauritius 4 660 3 708 4 367 5 141 5 379 5 401 5 618 4 792 4 615 5 200 5 641

Mozambique 4 008 3 764 3 864 6 312 8 688 10 099 9 281 8 334 5 206 5 745 6 944

Namibia 4 696 4 927 6 505 6 638 7 322 7 414 8 531 7 714 6 663 6 106 8 287

Seychelles 888 783 990 1 006 1 020 1 078 1 145 974 1 871 2 426 1 668

South Africa 92 846 76 001 84 762 105 538 108 392 108 139 104 807 84 441 74 193 82 913 92 437

Tanzania 7 080 6 691 7 954 8 578 11 626 12 456 12 690 10 817 9 488 7 799 8 586

Zambia 5 061 3 832 5 321 7 280 8 820 10 588 9 555 8 554 7 556 7 796 9 866

Zimbabwe 2 831 6 207 5 865 8 596 7 463 7 704 7 453 7 000 5 211 5 522 6 259

SADC region 158 174 147 583 156 090 192 095 214 767 220 474 218 824 178 886 151 857 164 603 185 243

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 Table 10: Intra-SADC Imports of goods in SADC (US $ million), 2008-2018
SADC Member States 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Angola 1 252 2 355 953 1 206 1 958 2 249 1 435 1 018 734 868

Botswana 4 177 3 970 4 506 4 546 5 587 6 121 4 672 5 617 4 809 3 893

Comoros 19 19 22 18 25 35 29 16 17 21

DRC 1 849 1 296 1 207 1 637 2 494 3 070 3 824 2 644 2 530 2 660

Eswatini 1 241 1 318 1 857 2 364 1 689 1 710 1 623 1 206 1 072 1 238

Lesotho 1 023 1 285 1 015 1 419 1 425 1 411 1 324 1 068 1 013 1 248

Madagascar 360 328 288 309 244 248 281 239 271 339

Malawi 674 756 542 552 553 631 1 100 719 703 704

Mauritius 462 375 438 471 453 464 488 473 523 634

Mozambique 1 369 1 437 2 513 2 297 2 604 3 545 3 098 2 659 1 744 1 850

Namibia 3 595 4 537 4 696 5 136 5 453 5 162 5 305 5 554 4 605 4 119

Seychelles 79 92 89 94 75 65 69 121 268 243

South Africa 6 214 4 018 5 479 6 049 7 726 7 048 6 474 6 350 5 505 5 888

Tanzania 971 750 879 1 177 1 111 948 780 771 612 601

Zambia 2 981 2 221 3 297 4 193 4 753 5 313 5 057 4 457 4 309 5 076

Zimbabwe 1 385 4 897 3 093 5 251 3 712 4 094 3 127 2 967 2 719 3 009

SADC region 27 653 29 654 30 873 36 719 39 860 42 113 38 686 35 880 31 433 32 392

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 Table 11: Intra-SADC Exports of goods in SADC (US $ million), 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 2 503 1 422 1 710 1 700 3 003 1 756 1 953 1 352 1 662 1 477 1 324

Botswana 1 251 756 919 1 004 1 071 2 246 1 627 1 774 1 958 746 908

Comoros 1 2 4 3 1 2 8 4 7 10 10

DRC 505 456 2 698 1 124 1 162 1 540 2 061 2 057 1 983 2 089 2 180

Eswatini 1 056 1 012 1 350 1 736 1 380 1 396 1 562 1 415 1 274 1 512 1 421

Lesotho 293 311 379 359 331 275 217 169 160 197 210

Madagascar 60 49 64 61 61 110 138 117 150 189 195

Malawi 108 165 155 228 145 188 394 312 295 208 209

Mauritius 233 230 266 352 425 390 402 418 376 370 392

Mozambique 737 600 619 792 974 1 127 1 261 878 928 1 022 1 039

Namibia 2 243 2 918 2 488 2 456 2 134 2 795 2 601 2 508 2 004 2 006 2 335

Seychelles 2 4 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 3 2

South Africa 17 142 15 544 18 958 21 743 22 429 22 439 22 457 18 935 18 581 20 294 21 781

Tanzania 481 409 737 1 239 1 495 1 279 1 242 1 358 1 018 878 999

Zambia 1 019 945 1 316 1 861 2 868 3 126 2 077 1 620 1 342 1 404 1 766

Zimbabwe 744 1 032 1 471 2 300 3 129 3 170 2 780 2 476 2 631 2 913 2 584

SADC region 28 378 25 856 33 135 36 958 40 613 41 843 40 783 35 394 34 371 35 316 37 356

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 Table 12: Intra-SADC Imports of goods as % of Total Imports of Goods in SADC (%), 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 7.4 10.0 5.3 5.8 6.8 8.1 5.0 4.9 5.9 5.6 4.3

Botswana 87.8 78.3 74.9 68.4 69.9 75.4 76.2 79.8 78.0 73.1 73.3

Comoros 87.8 11.0 12.4 9.0 11.5 15.2 11.9 8.6 9.3 10.0 9.3

DRC 34.6 27.3 29.8 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0

Eswatini 94.1 91.3 91.8 118.2 89.6 90.5 97.3 82.3 75.3 75.0 72.3

Lesotho 95.5 95.3 79.7 96.9 63.3 74.8 72.9 62.9 63.0 60.6 59.3

Madagascar 9.2 10.2 10.9 10.6 9.8 9.2 8.4 10.0 9.1 9.4 9.5

Malawi 33.2 35.9 25.3 22.8 23.7 22.4 40.9 32.5 33.9 33.0 27.1

Mauritius 9.9 10.1 10.0 9.2 8.4 8.6 8.7 9.9 11.3 12.2 11.8

Mozambique 34.2 38.2 65.0 36.4 30.0 35.1 33.4 31.9 33.5 32.2 30.8

Namibia 76.6 92.1 72.2 77.4 74.5 69.6 62.2 72.0 69.1 67.5 64.6

Seychelles 8.9 11.7 9.0 9.3 7.3 6.0 6.0 12.4 14.3 10.0 7.1

South Africa 6.7 5.3 6.5 5.7 7.1 6.5 6.2 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.7

Tanzania 13.7 11.2 11.0 13.7 9.6 7.6 6.1 7.1 6.5 7.7 7.0

Zambia 58.9 58.0 62.0 57.6 53.9 50.2 52.9 52.1 57.0 65.1 51.7

Zimbabwe 48.9 78.9 52.7 61.1 49.7 53.1 41.9 42.4 52.2 54.5 49.3

SADC region 17.5 20.1 19.8 19.1 18.6 19.1 17.7 20.1 20.7 19.7 19.1

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 Table 13: Intra-SADC Exports of goods as % of Total Exports of Goods in SADC (%), 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 3.9 3.5 3.2 2.6 4.2 2.6 3.3 4.1 6.1 4.2 3.3

Botswana 25.6 20.8 18.6 18.9 18.1 29.5 25.2 29.1 26.4 12.8 13.7

Comoros 13.2 11.4 15.5 12.6 6.0 11.0 30.3 24.6 21.9 25.6 24.0

DRC 12.0 15.7 40.8 18.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0

Eswatini 78.7 64.4 77.4 74.1 79.6 73.7 82.1 80.5 78.8 79.0 76.2

Lesotho 40.4 49.7 75.4 46.6 33.9 32.4 24.9 18.4 17.6 19.2 17.1

Madagascar 3.5 4.4 5.5 4.2 5.1 6.7 6.2 5.7 6.7 6.8 6.4

Malawi 12.3 13.9 14.1 15.1 11.3 14.6 26.1 22.0 26.3 19.0 23.8

Mauritius 9.7 11.9 11.8 13.7 16.0 13.6 13.0 15.7 15.9 15.9 16.6

Mozambique 27.8 27.9 26.5 22.0 25.3 28.0 28.5 25.7 27.9 21.6 20.7

Namibia 47.0 64.1 41.7 41.3 38.9 50.2 43.5 54.4 41.5 46.0 33.5

Seychelles 2.7 2.2 0.7 0.2 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4

South Africa 19.4 22.4 20.8 20.0 22.5 23.3 24.3 23.4 24.4 23.1 23.1

Tanzania 16.3 15.0 18.2 25.8 27.2 24.9 27.6 31.1 22.8 21.5 25.8

Zambia 20.0 21.9 18.3 21.1 29.7 29.5 21.4 23.0 20.6 17.2 18.8

Zimbabwe 43.9 64.3 45.3 50.8 78.9 83.2 75.5 69.2 71.8 71.8 64.0

SADC region 15.2 18.7 17.9 16.5 18.6 19.2 19.8 21.8 22.6 20.3 19.5

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 Table 14: Extra-SADC Imports of goods (Million US $), 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 15 720 21 218 17 190 19 586 26 959 25 441 27 145 19 675 11 780 14 594 15 655

Botswana 1 107 1 098 1 509 2 103 2 401 1 992 1 456 1 422 1 354 1 431 1 687

Comoros 157 151 156 179 192 193 212 170 168 190 220

DRC 3 496 3 444 2 838 4 912 7 481 9 209 11 471 7 931 7 591 7 979 8 813

Eswatini 77 126 167 - 365 196 180 45 259 352 413 517

Lesotho 48 64 259 46 826 475 492 631 596 811 934

Madagascar 3 544 2 890 2 356 2 620 2 248 2 452 3 047 2 153 2 691 3 276 3 648

Malawi 1 359 1 352 1 598 1 873 1 782 2 179 1 588 1 493 1 372 1 432 1 969

Mauritius 4 198 3 333 3 929 4 671 4 926 4 937 5 130 4 319 4 092 4 566 4 973

Mozambique 2 638 2 327 1 351 4 015 6 084 6 554 6 183 5 675 3 462 3 896 4 808

Namibia 1 101 390 1 809 1 502 1 870 2 252 3 226 2 160 2 058 1 986 2 935

Seychelles 809 691 902 912 945 1 013 1 076 853 1 604 2 183 1 549
100 101
South Africa 86 632 71 983 79 283 99 489 98 332 78 091 68 689 77 024 86 258
665 091
Tanzania 6 109 5 941 7 075 7 401 10 515 11 508 11 910 10 045 8 875 7 198 7 982

Zambia 2 080 1 611 2 024 3 087 4 067 5 274 4 498 4 098 3 248 2 720 4 761

Zimbabwe 1 446 1 310 2 772 3 345 3 751 3 610 4 327 4 033 2 492 2 512 3 176

SADC region 130 522 117 929 125 217 155 375 174 908 178 361 180 139 143 005 120 424 132 210 149 885

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 Table 15: Extra-SADC Exports of goods (Million US $), 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 62 197 39 217 50 919 64 727 67 860 65 955 56 720 31 695 25 488 33 428 39 221

Botswana 3 626 2 878 4 025 4 316 4 833 5 371 4 825 4 327 5 454 5 063 5 697

Comoros 9 17 19 23 18 18 18 13 24 30 32

DRC 3 719 2 452 3 921 5 112 4 647 6 161 8 246 8 228 7 934 8 356 8 720

Eswatini 285 558 393 607 353 499 341 343 343 402 443

Lesotho 433 315 124 411 645 573 655 748 749 831 1 020

Madagascar 1 645 1 049 1 090 1 387 1 141 1 517 2 082 1 943 2 101 2 606 2 857

Malawi 771 1 024 941 1 279 1 140 1 099 1 116 1 105 827 885 668

Mauritius 2 164 1 701 1 986 2 208 2 236 2 482 2 693 2 243 1 980 1 950 1 967

Mozambique 1 917 1 548 1 714 2 812 2 881 2 897 3 159 2 535 2 400 3 703 3 973

Namibia 2 527 1 638 3 480 3 484 3 346 2 775 3 383 2 100 2 820 2 353 4 645

Seychelles 71 191 253 278 304 421 462 422 522 542 516

South Africa 71 270 53 940 72 051 87 172 77 084 73 826 69 825 61 814 57 705 67 498 72 492

Tanzania 2 471 2 313 3 310 3 562 4 010 3 867 3 256 3 002 3 444 3 197 2 870

Zambia 4 080 3 369 5 885 6 968 6 774 7 481 7 610 5 418 5 166 6 754 7 645

Zimbabwe 950 572 1 774 2 228 835 640 902 1 101 1 032 1 142 1 454

SADC region 158 135 112 782 151 884 186 575 178 109 175 582 165 291 127 037 117 989 138 740 154 218

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 Table 16: Extra-SADC Merchandise Trade balance (Million US $), 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 46 477 17 999 33 729 45 142 40 902 40 514 29 575 12 021 13 708 18 834 23 566

Botswana 2 519 1 780 2 516 2 213 2 432 3 379 3 369 2 905 4 100 3 633 4 010

Comoros - 148 - 134 - 137 - 156 - 174 - 175 - 194 - 157 - 144 - 160 - 188

DRC 223 - 992 1 083 200 - 2 833 - 3 048 - 3 226 297 343 377 - 93

Eswatini 208 433 227 972 157 319 295 84 - 10 - 11 - 74

Lesotho 385 251 - 135 366 - 181 99 162 117 153 20 86

Madagascar - 1 899 - 1 841 - 1 266 - 1 233 - 1 106 - 935 - 965 - 210 - 590 - 670 - 791

Malawi - 588 - 328 - 657 - 594 - 641 - 1 080 - 472 - 387 - 545 - 547 - 1 301

Mauritius - 2 034 - 1 633 - 1 943 - 2 463 - 2 690 - 2 455 - 2 437 - 2 077 - 2 112 - 2 616 - 3 006

Mozambique - 722 - 780 363 - 1 203 - 3 203 - 3 657 - 3 023 - 3 140 - 1 062 - 193 - 835

Namibia 1 426 1 247 1 671 1 982 1 477 523 157 - 60 762 367 1 710

Seychelles - 738 - 500 - 649 - 634 - 642 - 592 - 614 - 431 - 1 081 - 1 641 - 1 033

South Africa - 15 362 - 18 043 - 7 233 - 12 317 - 23 581 - 27 265 - 28 508 - 16 277 - 10 984 - 9 527 - 13 767

Tanzania - 3 638 - 3 628 - 3 766 - 3 839 - 6 506 - 7 641 - 8 654 - 7 043 - 5 431 - 4 001 - 5 112

Zambia 2 000 1 759 3 861 3 882 2 707 2 207 3 112 1 320 1 919 4 034 2 884

Zimbabwe - 496 - 738 - 998 - 1 117 - 2 916 - 2 970 - 3 424 - 2 932 - 1 461 - 1 370 - 1 722
- 14 - 15
SADC region 27 613 - 5 147 26 666 31 200 3 201 - 2 779 - 2 435 6 530 4 333
847 969

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 Table 17: Total External Debt stock at end of year (Million US $) in SADC, 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 14 801 15 125 17 829 20 992 22 583 28 178 35 933 36 279 43 038 43 968 48 169

Botswana 268 290 1 367 1 926 1 962 1 882 1 651 1 567 1 484 1 545 1 537

Comoros 266 274 243 122 131 134 162 196 198

DRC 10 879 13 610 6 166 6 059 6 278 6 606 8 202 8 500 4 542 4 593 8 982

Eswatini 445 672 772 598 549 612 678 584 323 636 698

Lesotho 682 702 724 788 867 841 878 1 015 779 949 1 013

Madagascar 3 660 4 749 5 135 3 894 4 384 4 651 4 728 4 886 4 367 4 713 4 563

Malawi 706 795 881 1 167 1 318 1 516 1 543 1 646 1 710 1 986 2 359

Mauritius 771 1 541 1 708 2 497 2 590 2 923 2 480 2 458 2 345 2 408 2 267

Mozambique 2 916 3 948 3 744 4 390 4 967 4 896 5 780 4 980 3 986 5 149 21 294

Namibia 417 376 421 899 1 141 1 121 1 150 1 175 5 822 7 005 8 338

Seychelles 729 689 375 453 470 477 464 440 416 405 1 558

South Africa 74 932 82 893 111 256 118 180 141 791 136 516 145 082 124 132 142 833 173 320 174 547

Tanzania 6 409 7 642 8 363 8 960 10 527 12 790 14 400 15 409 17 358 19 180 21 669

Zambia 2 267 1 545 1 766 1 956 3 431 3 814 5 023 6 704 6 947 8 739 20 088

Zimbabwe 4 690 5 270 5 320 5 613 5 847 6 161 6 704 7 030 7 187 7 508 7 700

SADC region 124 571 139 847 166 092 178 647 208 948 213 107 234 828 216 937 243 297 282 301 324 979

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 Table 18: External Debt stock as a % of GDP in SADC (%), 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 16.7 21.5 21.3 18.8 17.6 20.6 24.7 31.2 42.6 36.0 44.6

Botswana 2.4 2.8 10.7 12.5 13.6 12.6 10.2 10.9 9.5 8.8 8.3

Comoros 29.4 26.9 23.9 10.9 11.4 13.5 15.8 18.1 15.9

DRC 56.8 85.0 28.6 23.4 21.4 20.2 22.8 22.4 12.2 12.1 19.0

Eswatini 13.6 18.6 17.4 12.4 11.4 13.3 15.3 14.5 8.5 14.3 16.0

Lesotho 36.5 37.2 30.3 28.3 31.8 33.0 33.6 41.2 33.8 36.6 40.2

Madagascar 38.9 55.6 51.4 33.7 37.9 37.4 37.8 47.1 37.0 35.8 32.8

Malawi 13.3 12.8 12.7 14.6 23.0 28.7 26.1 25.6 32.2 31.3 32.8

Mauritius 7.7 16.9 17.1 21.7 22.2 24.1 19.4 21.1 19.3 18.3 16.0

Mozambique 25.2 35.1 35.8 33.4 32.4 30.4 33.4 32.2 36.6 40.7 147.6

Namibia 5.0 4.2 3.9 7.1 8.8 8.9 9.0 10.0 51.6 51.6 57.7

Seychelles 75.2 81.2 38.7 44.5 44.3 35.9 34.5 31.9 29.1 26.9 98.1

South Africa 26.1 27.9 29.6 28.3 35.7 37.2 41.3 39.1 48.2 49.6 47.4

Tanzania 23.4 26.7 26.4 26.0 26.6 28.0 28.8 32.4 34.9 36.0 37.8

Zambia 12.7 10.1 8.7 8.3 13.4 13.6 18.5 31.5 33.0 34.2 79.8

Zimbabwe 72.7 64.6 44.2 39.8 34.2 32.3 34.4 35.2 35.0 34.1 33.8

SADC region 24.5 28.1 27.0 25.2 29.1 29.9 32.8 33.9 40.4 40.5 45.1

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 Table 19: Official Exchange Rates for SADC Member States, 2008 - 2018 (National currency per 1 US $)

SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 75.03 79.29 91.91 93.81 95.40 96.51 98.33 120.09 163.66 165.92 178.42

Botswana 6.83 7.16 6.79 6.80 7.62 8.40 8.98 10.13 10.89 10.30 10.21

Comoros 335.00 354.00 370.00 354.00 384.00 370.00 370.00 443.00 443.00 435.00 417.00

DRC 561.10 806.45 905.85 919.44 919.70 919.40 925.23 925.98 1010.30 1465.90 1622.50

Eswatini 8.30 8.40 7.33 7.26 8.20 9.60 10.70 12.75 14.72 13.32 14.20

Lesotho 8.30 8.40 7.32 7.30 8.20 9.65 10.89 12.75 14.71 13.31 13.25

Madagascar 1708.40 1957.70 2089.95 2025.10 2194.97 2206.91 2414.81 3202.90 3188.20 3116.00 3334.80

Malawi 140.50 141.30 150.50 156.50 249.11 369.18 424.41 499.61 718.01 730.27 732.33

Mauritius 28.47 31.94 30.79 28.71 30.05 30.72 30.62 35.12 35.85 34.78 34.15

Mozambique 24.17 26.71 32.98 29.06 28.23 29.91 30.69 38.28 63.42 63.61 61.50

Namibia 8.40 8.40 7.57 7.15 8.20 9.70 10.80 12.80 14.70 13.30 13.23

Seychelles 9.44 13.58 12.07 12.38 13.70 12.06 12.75 13.15 13.32 13.65 13.92

South Africa 8.25 8.44 7.32 7.25 8.20 9.65 10.84 12.75 14.71 13.31 13.23

Tanzania 1196.30 1320.30 1409.30 1566.70 1572.00 1598.00 1653.10 1985.39 2177.59 2228.63 2255.80

Zambia 3.75 5.05 4.80 4.86 5.14 5.39 6.15 8.62 10.31 9.55 10.06

Zimbabwe 230168571.5 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.50

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 Table 20: International Reserves stock at end of year in SADC (Million US $), 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 17 499 12 621 17 327 27 514 32 155 32 213 27 739 24 419 24 438 17 926 16 770

Botswana 9 118 8 704 7 886 8 082 7 628 7 726 8 323 7 546 7 189 7 502 7 304

Comoros 130 152 158 191 204 197 201 217 201 218 225

DRC 50 129 1 300 1 273 1 634 1 745 1 644 1 216 845 1 168 2 036

Eswatini 757 874 674 513 657 756 738 738 525 474 441

Lesotho 1 358 1 264 1 362 1 344 1 007 1 045 1 042 884 871 816 729

Madagascar 982 1 135 1 172 1 279 1 191 911 774 833 1 051 1 219 1 740

Malawi 158 102 279 193 219 404 581 670 605 757 760

Mauritius 1 780 2 302 2 601 2 778 3 046 3 491 3 919 4 261 4 967 5 984 6 353

Mozambique 1 643 1 841 1 917 2 240 2 605 2 996 2 882 2 196 1 727 2 181 3 104

Namibia 1 278 1 846 1 495 1 762 1 705 1 511 1 166 1 511 1 818 2 434 2 150

Seychelles 73 195 255 279 307 425 464 423 523 545 550

South Africa 34 099 39 706 43 834 48 860 50 735 49 587 49 102 45 787 47 356 50 722 51 641

Tanzania 2 873 3 553 3 948 3 745 4 068 4 676 4 377 4 094 4 326 5 906 5 045

Zambia 1 085 1 924 2 119 2 438 3 180 2 684 3 078 2 977 2 366 1 983 1 569

Zimbabwe 76 460 477 407 432 331 349 434 421 308 200

SADC Total 72 960 76 809 86 803 102 898 110 774 110 698 106 381 98 207 99 228 100 143 100 617

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 Table 21: Life Expectancy at birth (Total) in SADC, number of years, 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 49.9 48.2 48.4 48.6 48.7 48.9 60.3 61.2 61.5 61.7 62.0

Botswana 52.8 53.2 53.3 68.0 68.0 68.0 68.0 68.0 69.0 67.0 68.0

Comoros 66.2 66.5 66.8 67.1 67.4 67.6 67.9 68.1 68.3 68.5 68.7

DRC 47.6 47.8 48.1 48.4 48.7 56.0 56.0 59.1 59.1 59.1 60.0

Eswatini 45.2 45.1 45.1 45.2 45.3 45.5 45.6 45.7 45.8 61.2 58.0

Lesotho 46.1 46.9 47.6 42.5 43.1 43.6 44.0 45.0 45.5 45.7 46.3

Madagascar 65.9 66.2 66.5 66.7 66.9 64.7 65.2 65.5 65.7 65.8 66.0

Malawi 47.6 51.7 52.5 53.4 54.3 55.1 56.0 56.8 57.6 58.4 58.6

Mauritius 73.2 73.3 73.7 73.9 74.1 74.2 74.4 74.4 74.6 74.5 75.0

Mozambique 51.3 51.7 52.1 52.4 52.8 53.1 53.5 53.8 54.1 53.7 55.0

Namibia 61.1 61.7 62.2 56.9 56.9 56.9 56.9 57.5 59.0 60.0 60.2

Seychelles 72.9 72.9 73.2 72.6 74.2 73.1 73.2 74.2 74.0 74.0 74.0

South Africa 56.0 57.4 58.9 59.9 61.2 61.8 62.5 62.8 63.2 63.9 64.2

Tanzania 54.0 54.0 55.0 55.0 61.8 61.8 61.8 61.8 61.8 61.8 61.8

Zambia 51.3 51.2 51.2 52.7 52.8 53.0 53.2 53.3 53.7 54.9 54.6

Zimbabwe 47.2 48.6 50.0 51.4 60.7 60.7 60.7 60.7 60.7 59.7 61.4

SADC Total 52.4 52.9 53.5 54.0 55.9 57.8 59.0 60.0 60.2 60.4 61.0

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 Table 22: Total Fertility Rate in SADC, per woman, 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 5.7 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.5 6.2 5.5 5.5

Botswana 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 3.1 2.9

Comoros 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9

DRC 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.7 6.0 6.6 6.6 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0

Eswatini 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5

Lesotho 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2

Madagascar 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 5.0 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.1

Malawi 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3

Mauritius 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4

Mozambique 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.0

Namibia 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5

Seychelles 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.8 3.6 2.5

South Africa 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4

Tanzania 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2

Zambia 5.6 5.6 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4

Zimbabwe 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.6

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 Table 23: Net Enrollment ratio in Secondary schools (Total) in SADC, 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 18.9 18.9 18.9 28.0 28.0 28.0 23.7 23.7 n.a. n.a. n.a.

Botswana 65.6 n.a. n.a. 64.7 72.6 66.9 69.9 71.4 75.1 77.4 n.a.

Comoros n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 35.7 n.a n.a n.a 38.1 n.a.

DRC n.a. 46.4 46.4 46.3 47.9 47.9 n.a. n.a. n.a n.a n.a.

Eswatini n.a. 29.5 47.2 40.5 40.5 41.0 41.0 42.0 42.4 46.3 n.a.

Lesotho 29.0 31.5 34.2 35.8 36.5 37.3 37.7 38.7 37.0 n.a. n.a.

Madagascar n.a. n.a. n.a. 29.8 30.9 n.a. 31.1 30.2 30.1 29.1 n.a.

Malawi 26.5 13.1 12.7 13.0 12.8 14.1 15.4 15.0 15.0 n.a. n.a.

Mauritius 68.7 68.6 68.6 69.1 70.3 70.4 70.6 72.2 69.9 68.8 68.2

Mozambique 12.6 15.0 16.5 17.7 21.2 20.9 21.4 21.9 22.0 21.8 21.8

Namibia 54.5 54.8 55.7 57.1 n.a 53.9 n.a n.a 61.1 n.a. n.a.

Seychelles 99.7 98.5 99.0 98.4 98.3 99.4 97.0 99.0 n.a. n.a. n.a.

South Africa 89.2 89.0 88.7 90.1 90.5 90.3 90.7 90.2 n.a n.a n.a.

Tanzania 23.5 27.8 29.9 32.1 34.3 31.7 35.8 31.9 33.4 33.3 34.6

Zambia 25.2 21.1 29.5 24.8 28.7 28.0 27.9 28.1 25.4 27.9 n.a.

Zimbabwe n.a. 44.5 n.a. n.a. 50.0 51.5 49.6 50.7 52.5 52.8 44.2

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 Table 24: Total Labor Force (000s) in SADC, 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola 8 006 6 145 6 756 7 307 7 629 7 629 7 182 n.a n.a n.a 12 749

Botswana 697 711 711 800 802 900 n.a n.a 838 n.a 1 161

Comoros 174 185 196 207 219 231 243 255 267 279 290

DRC 22 919 23 642 24 386 25 148 25 930 n.a. n.a n.a. 35 900 n.a. 28 771

Eswatini 390 402 327 424 435 375 377 377 377 374 465

Lesotho 1 462 1 462 1 462 1 483 1 483 1 483 1 483 1 483 1 483 n.a. 981

Madagascar 9 354 9 681 n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a. n.a. n.a. 13 466

Malawi 6 109 6 309 6 761 6 982 7 203 8 209 8 209 8 209 8 209 8 209 8 338

Mauritius 532 540 552 549 556 571 576 585 581 587 584

Mozambique 10 029 10 029 10 029 10 029 9 543 9 543 10 882 10 882 10 882 8 238 8 238

Namibia 760 783 869 895 868 980 991 n.a. 1020 n.a. 1090

Seychelles1 41 42 44 48 44 46 50 55 46 49 50

South Africa 18 831 18 597 18 352 18 706 19 200 19 752 20 216 21 085 21 533 22 289 22 496

Tanzania 19 354 21 533 20 655 22 802 23 467 24 291 25 100 26 273 27 019 27 892 28 824

Zambia 5 004 n.a. 5 232 n.a. 5 966 n.a. 6 329 n.a. 4 594 5 049 7 354

Zimbabwe 4 938 5 028 6 617 6 816 5 121 n.a 7 045 7 045 7 045 7 045 7 045

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 Table 25: Unemployment rate (%) in SADC, 2008-2018
SADC Member
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
States
Angola n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 7.3

Botswana n.a 17.8 17.8 19.9 20.0 n.a n.a 17.6 n.a 17.9

Comoros n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 8.1 n.a n.a n.a n.a 3.7

DRC n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 4.2

Eswatini n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 28.1 n.a n.a 23.0 n.a 22.5

Lesotho n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 23.6

Madagascar n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 1.7

Malawi n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 5.4

Mauritius 7.2 7.3 7.6 7.8 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.9 7.3 7.1 6.9

Mozambique n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 20.7 20.7 20.7 20.7 20.7

Namibia n.a n.a n.a n.a 27.5 30.2 27.7 n.a 34.0 n.a 33.4

Seychelles n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n/a

South Africa 22.5 23.7 24.9 24.8 24.9 24.7 25.1 25.3 26.7 27.5 27.1

Tanzania n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 1.9

Zambia n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a n.a 7.2

Zimbabwe 4.8 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.2 6.6 n.a

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 Table 26: Unemployment, youth (% ages 15–24) (%) in SADC, 2008-2017
SADC Member States
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Angola 33.7 28.1 22.8 16.9 17.0 17.0 17.0 16.9 18.0 19.1

Botswana 32.5 32.6 35.3 35.3 35.4 35.6 35.4 35.3 35.7 35.7

Comoros 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 10.0

DRC 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3

Eswatini 53.0 53.1 53.1 53.1 53.3 53.4 53.5 53.5 54.1 54.8

Lesotho 47.7 46.2 36.3 38.9 32.9 34.5 34.9 38.0 39.0 38.5

Madagascar 5.5 5.9 6.4 3.8 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

Malawi 9.6 9.2 8.9 8.6 8.2 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.9 8.0

Mauritius 18.9 21.8 23.2 22.1 24.4 23.4 24.6 26.0 23.6 23.3

Mozambique 38.5 38.5 38.5 38.5 38.6 39.8 43.2 43.2 43.0 42.7

Namibia 46.1 46.6 45.3 42.6 34.3 40.8 38.7 40.1 45.2 45.5

Seychelles N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

South Africa 45.6 48.4 51.2 50.3 51.7 51.4 51.3 50.1 53.4 57.4

Tanzania 6.9 4.9 5.9 7.1 6.5 5.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.9

Zambia 15.5 20.9 26.8 20.1 15.3 15.3 15.3 15.2 15.3 15.4

Zimbabwe 7.9 8.2 8.4 8.5 11.5 11.5 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.4

Source: Human Development Data Bank 2018 (HDI)

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 Table 27: Youth unemployment rate (female to male ratio) in SADC, 2008-2017
SADC Member States
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Angola 1.04 1.03 1.01 0.99 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.99 1.00 1.02

Botswana 1.20 1.24 1.20 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.21 1.20 1.21 1.20

Comoros 0.88 0.88 0.88 0.88 0.88 0.88 0.88 0.88 0.88 0.88

DRC 1.11 1.11 1.11 1.11 1.11 1.11 1.11 1.11 1.11 1.11

Eswatini 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99

Lesotho 1.09 1.09 1.13 1.11 1.14 1.12 1.13 1.11 1.11 1.12

Madagascar 1.04 1.02 1.02 1.03 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Malawi 1.08 1.07 1.07 1.08 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.07 1.07 1.08

Mauritius 1.27 1.22 1.21 1.25 1.27 1.44 1.26 1.22 1.30 1.30

Mozambique 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98

Namibia 1.13 1.12 1.13 1.13 1.17 1.12 1.10 1.12 1.19 1.18

Seychelles N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

South Africa 1.09 1.07 1.06 1.09 1.09 1.07 1.07 1.08 1.10 1.11

Tanzania 1.23 1.23 1.23 1.20 1.23 1.29 1.23 1.23 1.23 1.22

Zambia 1.03 1.03 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.04 1.04 1.03 1.03 1.03

Zimbabwe 1.08 1.11 1.12 1.13 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.84

Source: Human Development Data Bank 2018 (HDI)

Table 28: Antenatal care coverage, at least one visit (%) in SADC, 2008-2016

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 SADC Member States
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Angola 81.6

Botswana 94.1

Comoros 92.1

DRC 87.3 88.4

Eswatini 96.8 98.5

Lesotho 91.8 95.2

Madagascar 86.3 82.1

Malawi 94.7 96.1 94.8

Mauritius N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Mozambique 92.3 90.6

Namibia 96.6

Seychelles N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

South Africa 97.1 93.7

Tanzania 75.8 87.8 91.4

Zambia 95.7

Zimbabwe 88.4 89.8 93.7 93.3

Source: Human Development Data Bank 2018 (HDI)

Table 29: Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (%) in SADC, 2008-2016

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 SADC Member States
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Angola 49.4 46.9

Botswana 98.3 99.5 99.1 99.8 99.8 99.9 99.5 99.7

Comoros 82.2

DRC 74.1 80.1

Eswatini 82.0 88.3

Lesotho 61.5 77.9

Madagascar 43.9 44.3

Malawi 68.0 75.0 71.4 83.7 82.6 87.4 89.8

Mauritius 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.5 99.8 99.8 99.8

Mozambique 55.3 54.3

Namibia 88.2

Seychelles 100.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.0

South Africa 94.3 96.7

Tanzania 48.9 63.5

Zambia 45.0 63.3

Zimbabwe 60.2 66.2 80.0 78.1

Source: Human Development Data Bank 2018 (HDI)

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 Table 30: Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births) in SADC, 2010-2017
SADC Member States
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Angola 561 546 526 509 493 477 477 477

Botswana 169 159 153 139 134 129 129 129

Comoros 388 376 365 354 344 335 335 335

DRC 794 777 771 746 717 693 693 693

Eswatini 436 418 400 413 400 389 389 389

Lesotho 587 555 549 532 513 487 487 487

Madagascar 436 420 402 384 369 353 353 353

Malawi 629 618 624 636 638 634 634 634

Mauritius 59 51 54 54 54 53 53 53

Mozambique 619 596 563 528 506 489 489 489

Namibia 319 315 299 283 273 265 265 265

Seychelles N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

South Africa 154 154 152 145 140 138 138 138

Tanzania 514 483 464 438 418 398 398 398

Zambia 262 251 243 237 231 224 224 224

Zimbabwe 446 409 379 369 401 443 443 443

Source: Human Development Data Bank 2018 (HDI)

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 Table 31: Adolescent birth rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) in SADC, 2010-2017
SADC Member States
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Angola 174 171 168 165 162 159 152 152

Botswana 44 42 40 38 36 34 30 30

Comoros 77 76 74 73 71 70 65 65

DRC 130 129 129 128 127 127 124 124

Eswatini 86 85 84 83 82 81 77 77

Lesotho 92 92 91 91 90 90 90 90

Madagascar 127 125 122 120 117 115 110 110

Malawi 149 148 146 145 144 142 140 140

Mauritius 32 31 30 29 28 28 27 27

Mozambique 164 160 156 152 148 145 135 135

Namibia 80 79 79 78 77 77 74 74

Seychelles 61 60 60 60 59 59 57 57

South Africa 55 53 52 50 48 47 43 43

Tanzania 127 125 124 122 120 119 115 115

Zambia 107 104 101 97 94 91 83 83

Zimbabwe 115 114 112 111 110 108 104 104

Source: Human Development Data Bank 2018 (HDI)

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 Table 32: Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married or in-union women of reproductive age, 15–49 years) in SADC, 2008-2016
SADC Member States
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Angola 17.7 13.7

Botswana 52.8

Comoros 19.4

DRC 17.7 20.4

Eswatini 65.2 66.1

Lesotho 47.0 50.7 60.2

Madagascar 39.9 39.8

Malawi 46.1 58.6 59.2

Mauritius 63.8

Mozambique 16.2 11.6 27.1

Namibia 56.1

Seychelles N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

South Africa 54.6

Tanzania 34.4 38.4

Zambia 49.0

Zimbabwe 64.9 58.5 66.9 66.8

Source: Human Development Data Bank 2018 (HDI)

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 Table 33: Unmet need for family planning (% of married or in-union women of reproductive age, 15–49 years) in SADC, 2008-2016
SADC Member States
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Angola 38.0

Botswana 9.6

Comoros 31.6

DRC 24.2 27.7

Eswatini 13.0 15.2

Lesotho 23.3 18.4

Madagascar 19.0

Malawi 26.2 19.4 18.7

Mauritius 12.5

Mozambique 28.5 23.1

Namibia 17.5

Seychelles N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

South Africa 14.7

Tanzania 25.3 22.1

Zambia 21.1

Zimbabwe 14.6 10.4 10.4

Source: Human Development Data Bank 2018 (HDI)

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 Table 34: Violence against Girls and Women (%) in SADC, period average
Child marriage Violence against women ever experienced

Women married by age 18 Intimate partner Non intimate partner

Member States
(% of women ages 20-24
(% of female population ages 15 and older)
who are married or in union)

2003-2017 2005-2018 2005-2018

Angola 30.3 34.8 N/A

Botswana N/A N/A N/A
Comoros 31.6 6.4 1.5
DRC 37.3 50.7 N/A
Eswatini 5.3 N/A N/A
Lesotho 17.3 N/A N/A
Madagascar 41.2 N/A N/A
Malawi 42.1 37.5 N/A
Mauritius N/A N/A N/A
Mozambique 48.2 21.7 N/A
Namibia 6.9 25.0 N/A
Seychelles N/A N/A N/A
South Africa 5.6 N/A N/A
Tanzania 30.5 41.7 N/A
Zambia 31.4 42.7 N/A
Zimbabwe 32.4 35.4 N/A

Source: Human Development Data Bank 2018 (HDI)

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 Table 35: Socio-economic empowerment of women (%) in SADC, period average
Female share of graduates in science, Women with account at Mandatory
Female share of
mathematics, engineering, financial institution or with paid
employment in senior
manufacturing and construction at mobile money-service maternity
and middle management
Member States tertiary level provider leave

(% of female population ages 15

(%) (%) (days)
and older)
2007-2017 2009-2017 2017 2017

Angola 9.9 N/A 22.3 90

Botswana N/A N/A 46.8 84
Comoros N/A N/A 17.9 98
DRC N/A N/A 24.2 98
Eswatini N/A N/A 27.4 14
Lesotho 4.5 N/A 46.5 84
Madagascar 16.2 24.5 16.3 98
Malawi N/A N/A 29.8 56
Mauritius N/A 29.7 87.1 98
Mozambique 5.9 22.2 32.9 60
Namibia N/A N/A 80.7 84
Seychelles 9.7 39.9 N/A 98
South Africa 13.4 29.7 70.0 120
Tanzania N/A N/A 42.2 84
Zambia N/A N/A 40.3 84
Zimbabwe 20.9 N/A 51.7 98

Source: Human Development Data Bank 2018 (HDI)

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