International Rankings of Eswatini 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Eswatini, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Eswatini, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1.00	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	175	7000	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	141	47.00 %	2018
Internet users - total	149	510984	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	160	3.65	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	158	40003	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	151	93.53	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	160	1.025 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	158	1.639 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	161	1.263 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	95	8.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	54	604.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	176	535.000 million US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	133	37	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	94	60	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	100	77	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	19	93	2020
Exchange rates	6	14.44	2017
Exports	140	2.389 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	167	4.484 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	63	47.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	42	21.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	93	64.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	93	46.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	123	13.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	98	6.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	16	45.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	142	48.60 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	5	55 %	2016
Gross national saving	104	16	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	17	40.10 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	34	1.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	157	2.605 billion US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	37	5.60 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	32	6.20 %	2017
Labor force	155	427900 US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	92	11 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	18	30 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	80	59 %	2014
Population below poverty line	10	59 %	2016
Public debt	142	28.40 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	160	9.898 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	95	1.60 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	145	8622 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	144	563.100 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	79	28.60 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	14	28.00 %	2014
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	161	1.140 million	2017
Electricity - consumption	148	1.431 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	59	39	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	50	20	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	5	41	2017
Electricity - imports	69	1.077 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	158	295900 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	165	381.000 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	139	5300	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	163	5279 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	149	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	148	2 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	119	16 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	25	68	2018
Land use - arable land	96	10	2018
Land use - forest	92	32	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	14	58	2018
Revenue from forest resources	28	2 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	146	4.510 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	92	1.006 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	137	20.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	150	41.300 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	55	2.42	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	171	24	2021
Geography
Area - land	157	17204 sq km	N/A
Area - total	157	17364 sq km	N/A
Area - water	130	160 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	97	1862 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	30	21 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	106	305 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	108	500 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	131	546 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	25	68	2018
Land use - arable land	96	10	2018
Land use - forest	92	32	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	14	58	2018
Total renewable water resources	145	4.510 billion	2017
Population Density	139	64.71 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	41	2 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	58	18.71	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	118	39.46	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	176	4.36	N/A
Birth rate	46	23.87 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	41	66.10 %	2014
Current Health Expenditure	46	7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	34	9.90 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	106	6.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	46	14.60 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	41	70.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	43	64.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	28	97 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	33	28 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	28	22 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	42	3 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	10	7 % of GDP	2014
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	1	26.80	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	28	2400	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	26	200000	2020
Hospital bed density	48	2.10 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	34	36.70 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	37	45.57 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	36	41.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	189	61 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	194	57 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	192	59 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	21	437.00	2017
Median age - female	119	25 years	2020
Median age - male	119	23 years	N/A
Median age - total	118	24 years	N/A
Net migration rate	166	6.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	89	16.50 %	2016
Physicians density	131	0.33 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	157	1.113 million	2021
Population growth rate	102	0.77 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	42	94 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	77	18 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	59	15 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	65	7 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	12 years	2013
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	33	0.90	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	38	0.87	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	48	0.74	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	50	0.60 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	27	0.90 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	61	2.48 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	12	50	2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	4	44	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	6	47	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	55	2.42	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	171	24	2021
Transportation
Airports	109	14	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	2	2019
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	53	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	85	12	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	60	7	2013
Railways - total	110	301 km	2014

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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