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3. To ensure equitable and sustainable use of environment and natural
resources for the benefit of present and future generations.
These three goals constitute one agenda for action. None is achievable
without the other and they are not also achievable without significant
changes in international trade and macroeconomic policies. Without
more equitable international economic arrangements, most developing
countries in and outside the SADC region have limited scope and little
hope for achieving economic, social and environmental sustainability.
In 2002, SADC's combined GDP was 226.1 billion, and average per
capita income was about USD 1000 per annum. South Africa accounts
for approximately three quarters of total SADC's Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) and approximately one third of the total SADC
population. Most of SADC countries are small and endowed with
natural resources, particularly mineral resources, agricultural, sea and
marine resources and wildlife. Excluding Madagascar. Table 1 provides
basic economic data for the SADC countries.
Table able 1: 1: SADC SADC Countries Countries Basic Basic Data
Data
Member Member State State Pop Pop DGP DGP DGP per per GDP GDP per per per Imports Imports Exports
Exports
1. Angola 14.0 9,757 700 3,07 5,96
2. Botswana 1.74 6,5 2,796 2,27 2,89
3. DRC 54.9 5,278 96 0,786 1,158
4. Lesotho 2.24 0,79 366 0,97 0,04
5. Malawi 11.2 2,277 198 0,596 0,371
6. Mauritius 1.2 4,831 3,933 3,064 3,165
7. Mozambique 18.1 3,492 193 1,374 0,845
8. Namibia 1.9 2,82 1,667 1,32 1,28
9. S. Africa 45.4 159,9 3,452 42,2 45,1
10. Swaziland 1.06 1,22 1,109 0,93 0,82
11. Tanzania 33.6 9,74 266 1,93 1,68
12. Zambia 10.4 4,34 392 1,6 1
13. Zimbabwe 11.6 22,0 1,891 2,32 2
Source: SADC Secretariat, 2002
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