Eswatini

Economy

• GDP

  : 5.2 B$ (2025)

• GDP per capita

  : 4108 $ (2025)

• GDP growth

  : 4.2 % (2025)

• GDP, PPP

  : 15.7 B$ (2025)

• GDP per capita, PPP

  : 12529 $ (2025)

• Price level (relative cost of living)

  : 0.33 (2024)

• Inflation

  : 2.6 % (2019)

• Unemployment

  : 34.2 % (2025)

• Youth unemployment (ages 15-24)

  : 54.3 % (2025)

• Exports

  : 53.8 % (2024)

• Imports

  : 53.7 % (2024)

• Trade balance (goods and services)

  : 1.5 M$ (2024)

• Current account balance

  : 1.6 % (2024)

• Total reserves

  : 536.6 M$ (2024)

• Foreign direct investment

  : 1.6 % (2024)

• Poverty rate

  : 44.5 % (2016)

• Agriculture

  : 6.4 % (2025)

• Industry

  : 33.6 % (2025)

• Services

  : 52.4 % (2025)

• Remittances received

  : 0.7 % (2024)

• Outward foreign direct investment

  : 1.3 % (2024)

Demographics

• Population

  : 1.3 M (2025)

• Population growth

  : 1.1 % (2025)

• Net migration

  : -5 775 (2025)

• Population density

  : 71.5 (2023)

• Life expectancy

  : 64.3 yrs (2024)

• Fertility rate

  : 2.72 (2024)

• Birth rate

  : 23.6 (2024)

• Death rate

  : 7.73 (2024)

• Urban population

  : 26.7 % (2025)

• Rural population

  : 73.3 % (2025)

• Labor force

  : 430 869 (2025)

• Infant mortality (under one year)

  : 3.8 % (2023)

• Age dependency ratio

  : 60.8 % (2023)

• Share of women in the population

  : 50.9 % (2025)

• Refugee population hosted

  : 1 295 (2024)

Social

• Education expenditure

  : 6.0 % (2024)

• Health expenditure

  : 7.5 % (2023)

• Gini index

  : 54.6 (2016)

• Internet users

  : 63.4 % (2024)

• Mobile subscriptions

  : 139.8 (2024)

• Access to electricity

  : 89.3 % (2024)

• Access to basic drinking water

  : 80.4 % (2024)

• Median income

  : 3 $ (2016)

• Income share of the top 10%

  : 42.7 % (2016)

• Primary school completion

  : 82.5 % (2025)

• Mean years of schooling

  : 8.7 yrs (2023)

• Harmonised learning outcomes

  : 440.3 (2020)

• Bank account ownership

  : 36.8 % (2024)

• Labour force participation (ages 25-64)

  : 62.6 % (2025)

• Gender pay gap

  : 6.4 % (2023)

Defense

• Armed forces personnel

  : 3 000 (1999)

• Military expenditure

  : 1.4 % (2024)

• Death rate from armed conflicts

  : 0.0 (2025)

Environment

• CO₂ per capita

  : 0.88 (2024)

• Renewable energy

  : 64.7 % (2022)

• Renewable electricity production

  : 83.1 % (2021)

• Energy consumption

  : 1 007 (2023)

• Forest area

  : 29.1 % (2023)

• Threatened bird species

  : 15.0 (2022)

• Threatened fish species

  : 5.00 (2022)

• Threatened mammal species

  : 9.00 (2022)

• Electricity from coal

  : 3.3 % (2024)

• Electricity from gas

  : 0.0 % (2024)

• Electricity from hydropower

  : 57.4 % (2024)

• Electricity from nuclear

  : 0.0 % (2024)

• Electricity from solar

  : 4.9 % (2024)

• Electricity from wind

  : 0.0 % (2024)

• Fine particulate exposure (PM2.5)

  : 20.0 (2024)

• Tree cover loss

  : 1 617 (2025)

• Forest area (absolute)

  : 497.6 (2020)

Health

• DTP3 immunization coverage

  : 84.0 % (2024)

• Measles immunization coverage

  : 85.0 % (2024)

• Under-five mortality

  : 45.1 (2024)

• Maternal mortality ratio

  : 118.0 (2023)

• Non-communicable disease mortality (ages 30-70)

  : 32.3 % (2021)

• Hypertension prevalence (ages 30-79)

  : 47.3 % (2019)

• Adult obesity prevalence

  : 43.9 % (2022)

• Diabetes prevalence (ages 20-79)

  : 7.9 % (2024)

• Smoking prevalence, adults (age-standardized)

  : 11.5 % (2024)

• Universal health coverage

  : 72.0 (2023)

• HIV prevalence (ages 15-49)

  : 23.4 % (2024)

• Physicians

  : 0.56 (2023)

• Hospital beds

  : 2.02 (2013)

• Adolescent fertility (ages 15-19)

  : 68.2 (2024)

Public finances

• Government expenditure

  : 24.6 % (2021)

• Fiscal balance

  : -4.6 % (2021)

• General government debt

  : 42.0 % (2022)

• Primary balance

  : -2.3 % (2022)

Governance

• Control of corruption

  : -0.79 (2024)

• Government effectiveness

  : -0.78 (2024)

• Intentional homicides

  : 12.5 (2021)

• Political stability

  : -0.73 (2024)

• Rule of law

  : -0.86 (2024)

• Regulatory quality

  : -0.64 (2024)

• Voice and accountability

  : -1.35 (2024)

• Political regime

  : 0.0 (2025)

• Free and fair elections

  : 0.0 (2025)

Business

• Investment (gross fixed capital formation)

  : 16.1 % (2024)

• New business density

  : 4.39 (2024)

• Credit to the private sector

  : 21.2 % (2020)

• Non-performing bank loans

  : 7.7 % (2020)

• Inward foreign direct investment (amount)

  : 75.5 M$ (2024)

Consumption

• Household consumption

  : 63.5 % (2024)

• Gross national savings

  : 17.7 % (2024)

Well-being

• Self-reported life satisfaction

  : 3.91 (2025)