Eswatini

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Key facts

  • Currency: Swazi lilangeni
  • Capital city: Lobamba
  • Region: Southern Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 17,200 km²
  • Population: 1,201,670
  • Political Leader: Mswati III (King)

Latest news

‘People want change but fear the guns’: Fighting for democracy in Eswatini

Read: Al Jazeera

2023-10-09

Eswatini monarchy accused of silencing opponents

Read: Daily Telegraph

2023-10-02

Taiwan’s President Tsai begins visit to Eswatini, last ally in Africa

Read: Al Jazeera

2023-09-05

Metrics

Business

GDP 4,790,920,000.00 current US$
Inflation 2.60 annual %
Self-employed 35.81 % of total employment
Unemployment 22.64 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 33.58 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 11,950.00 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 1,147.70 kt
Fertility rate 2.84 births per woman
Forest area 4,987 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 0.00 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 642.43 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 17.70 years
Methane emissions 1,326.03 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 423.55 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 605,504
Male Population 596,167
Renewable energy consumption 68.77 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 17,073.20 km²
Rural population 906,348
Urban land area 177.92 km²
Urban population 295,322
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.00 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 24.13 per 1,000 people
Death rate 11.36 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 219.10 current US$
Health expenditure 6.51 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 7.65 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 2.10 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 57 years
Suicide mortality rate 29.40 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 82.90 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 58.91 % of population
Net migration -5,733
Press freedom 1.59


Politics

Armed forces personnel 3,000
Democracy score 3.03
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 1.65 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 13.51 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 23 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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