Rhodesia Statistics

 

Rhodesian Monthly Digest of Statistics - March 1979
Rhodesian Monthly Digest of Statistics – March 1979
Supplement to the Monthly Digest of Statistics - April 1978
Supplement to the Monthly Digest of Statistics – April 1978

Extracts from the Rhodesian Central Statistics Office Monthly Digests.

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Rhodesian Central Government Budget 1973-1978
Rhodesian Central Government Budget 1973-1978
Rhodesian Central Government Expenditure 1973-78
Rhodesian Central Government Expenditure 1973-1978

 

Rhodesia National Expenditure 1967-1976
Rhodesia National Expenditure 1967-1976
Rhodesia National Income 1967-1976
Rhodesia National Income 1967-1976

 

Rhodesia Electrical Energy produced 1964-1977
Rhodesia Electrical Energy produced 1964-1977
Rhodesia Population 1900-1978
Rhodesia Population 1900-1978
Rhodesia Population by Town 1968-1977 & Birth and Deaths 1964-1976
Rhodesia Population by Town 1968-1977 & Birth and Deaths 1964-1976

 

Rhodesia school enrolment statistics 1968-1977
Rhodesia school enrolment statistics 1968-1977

Snapshot of the Rhodesian Dollar

Many of the pages on this site quote values in Rhodesian dollars.  To get an idea of what these figures would be in present day money, some 50 years on, readers should multiply the quoted figures by about 20. (using an inflator based on either earnings or GDP per capita.)

It may also be helpful to know what the Rhodesian dollar would buy about 50 years ago in terms of some of the leading foreign currencies.

Rhodesia decimalised its currency based on two dollars per pound so that one dollar was equal to £0,50.

Here are the buying rates as at 12 December 1973.

South African rand                1,197

American dollars                   1,69

Canadian dollars                    1,69

British pounds                        0,7308

French francs                         7,69

German marks                       4,46

Portuguese escudos             42,75

Swiss franc                            5,38

Italian lira                        1028