HC Deb 04 July 1995 vol 263 c111W
Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what changes have occurred in(a) domestic investments, (b) foreign investments, (c) exports, (d) imports, (e) child mortality, (f) participation in education, (g) interest rates and (h) wage

Year Year Year
1991 1994 (estimate)
US$ million US$ million
Exports 1,786 1,870
Imports 1,700 1,630
1991 1994
Percentage GDP Percentage GDP
Gross domestic investment of which private sector 25 23
20 18
1991 1994
US$ million US$ million
Foreign investment (approvals by Zimbabwe investment centre) 250 660
1990 1991 1995
Interest rate (90-day money market rate) 15 per cent. 35 per cent. 32 per cent.
1989 1992
Z$ Z$
Wages (average annual earnings)
average excluding agriculture 6,700 11,107
agriculture 1,809 2,063
1980–85 1989–92
Education—gross enrolment ration1 (Percentage of school age population) Primary 135 117
Secondary 42 48
1980–85 1987–92
Child mortality (per 1,000 live births) 80 47
1 Includes those attending above the relevant school age.

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