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Eswatini — statistics

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322 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Southern Africa Income group: Lower middle income ISO: SWZ
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 1.26M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 64.3 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 2.72 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 23.6 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 7.7 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 1.07 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 26.7 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 335,667 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 73.3 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 71.5 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 4.3 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 33 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 59.6 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -5,775 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.88 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 616,995 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 639,179 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 414,486 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 787,097 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 54,592 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 61.32 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 67.11 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 68.2 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 57.7 2022 UN DESA
Rural population people 920,507 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 33,268 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 2.7 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 1,295 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 150 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 104.2 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 254.6 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 319 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 23.4 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 220,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 7.5 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 2,900 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 4,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 340 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 0 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 0.34 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 32.3 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 42.2 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 45.1 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 118 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 27.2 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 34.8 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 51.6 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 8.9 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 33.5 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 295 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 173.7 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 46.5 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 2.96 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 47.5 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 347 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 230.7 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 5.16B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 4,108 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 4.19 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 15.74B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 12,529 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 3,730 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 2.6 2019 World Bank
GDP deflator % -0.45 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 33.6 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 28.1 2025 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 6.4 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 52.4 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 63.5 2024 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 21.5 2024 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 15 2024 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 7.1 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 2.7 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 17,107 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 3 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 5.01B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 3,986 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 3.09 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.007 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 4.69B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 1.73B 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 1.45B 2025 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 331M 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 2.71B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 3.08B 2024 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 1.05B 2024 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 727M 2024 World Bank
Gross national savings % 17.7 2024 World Bank
Consumer price index index 166.82 2019 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 3 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 5,710 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 14.31B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 5.866 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 55.6 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 24.35 2021 World Bank
Government revenue % 25.09 2021 World Bank
Government expense % 24.62 2021 World Bank
Budget balance % -2.7 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 1.24B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 87,173 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,228 2023 FAO
Food production index index 106 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 100.2 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 69.48 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 10.29 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.1438 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 80.9 2023 FAO
Irrigated land % 3.66 2002 FAO
Agricultural land km² 11,950 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 177,000 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 71,001 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 107.5 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 29.14 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 5,012 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 4.2 2025 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 40.45 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 16.7 2023 WHO
Land area km² 17,200 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 17,360 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 3 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 2,166 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 1 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 17 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 0 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 64.7 2022 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.024 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 19.1 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.012 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0.23 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 34,663 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 2,599 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0 2022 World Bank
Rail lines km 300 2011 World Bank
Rail passenger traffic M pax-km 0 2011 World Bank
Rail freight traffic M t-km 862 2011 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 63.4 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 139.8 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 2.51 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 2.87 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 117 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 2.56 2024 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 5.99M 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 1.74M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 31,152 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 12.51 2021 World Bank
Number of intentional homicides people 151 2021 UNODC
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 369 2025 UNODC
Capacity of prisons and detention facilities people 171 2025 UNODC
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.695 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.964 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.484 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 27 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.37 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

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