Country
Eswatini
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- lower middle income
- Capital
- Mbabane
- ISO code
- SZ · SWZ
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 1.3M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 10,707 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 64.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.9 t CO₂
Population
- Population 1.3M 2025 158th of 214
- Population density 72 people/km² 2024 132nd of 212
- Population growth 1.07 % per year 2025 96th of 214
- Natural increase 16.4 per 1,000 people 2023 60th of 228
- Net migration -4.6 per 1,000 people 2025 189th of 214
- Fertility rate 2.72 births per woman 2024 63rd of 214
- Urban population 26.7 % 2025 198th of 214
- Median age 22.0 years 2023 173rd of 228
- Population aged 65+ 4.3 % 2025 158th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 6.9 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 158th of 214
- Children under 15 33.0 % 2025 58th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 64.3 years 2024 189th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 67.1 years 2024 189th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 61.3 years 2024 196th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.8 years 2024 68th of 214
- Infant mortality 42.2 per 1,000 births 2024 24th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 45.1 per 1,000 births 2024 35th of 195
- Maternal mortality 118 per 100,000 births 2023 59th of 193
- Health spending per person 296 USD 2023 112th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 922 $ (PPP) 2023 104th of 191
- Physicians 0.56 per 1,000 people 2023 124th of 179
- Hospital beds 2.0 per 1,000 people 2013 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 85 % 2024 124th of 191
- Undernourishment 15.1 % 2024 37th of 165
- Tobacco use 11.5 % 2024 122nd of 165
- Calorie supply 2,574 kcal per day 2023 141st of 175
- Meat supply 22.4 kg per person per year 2023 136th of 175
Economy
- GDP 5.2B USD 2025 154th of 185
- GDP per capita 4,108 USD 2025 125th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 10,707 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 121st of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 8,522 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 100th of 165
- GDP growth 4.2 % 2025 69th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 3.1 % 2025 71st of 185
- Inflation 2.6 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Unemployment 34.2 % 2025 1st of 181
- Youth unemployment 54.3 % 2025 3rd of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 36.5 % 2023 14th of 150
- Trade 107 % of GDP 2024 51st of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 54.6 2016 3rd of 151
- Extreme poverty 44.5 % 2016 14th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 6.5 % of GDP 2024 95th of 187
- Women in the labour force 48.5 % 2025 121st of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.695 2023 126th of 192
- Literacy rate 90.8 % 2022 64th of 122
- Education spending 5.6 % of GDP 2022 30th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 82 % 2016 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 6 % 2013 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 94 % 2023 82nd of 135
- Women in parliament 21.6 % 2025 113th of 183
- Homicide rate 12.5 per 100,000 people 2021 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 63 % 2024 132nd of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 128 per 100 people 2023 57th of 172
- Fixed broadband 2.8 per 100 people 2023 125th of 169
- Access to electricity 89.3 % 2024 159th of 212
- Safe drinking water 38 % 2024 118th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 61 % 2024 72nd of 140
- Research and development 0.28 % of GDP 2015 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 1.1 Mt CO₂ 2024 159th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.9 t CO₂ 2024 143rd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.84 t CO₂ 2024 162nd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 165th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 2.4 t CO₂e 2024 137th of 201
- Forest area 25.3 % of land 2024 116th of 208
- Water stress 78 % 2022 22nd of 176
- Arable land 10.3 % of land 2024 101st of 205
- Renewable energy 65.4 % of final energy 2021 33rd of 210
- Renewable electricity 96.7 % of electricity 2024 13th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 3.3 % of electricity 2024 63rd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 4.9 % of electricity 2024 81st of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 120 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 164th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 491 kWh 2024 150th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 16.7 µg/m³ 2023 103rd of 199
Eswatini on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish, Swati · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldSwazi lilangeni (SZL)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType M · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants