International Rankings of Eswatini 2022, 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	52	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	168	12000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	54	47 %	2019
Internet users - total	150	539623	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	52	3	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	149	39000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	68	107	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	154	1.243 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	153	1.639 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	157	1.263 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	91	8.5 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	163	4.484 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	59	47.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	37	21.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	90	64 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	89	46.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	120	13.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	94	6.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	14	45 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	138	48.6 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	17	40.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	34	1.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	36	5.6 %	2017
Labor force	152	427900 US Dollars	2016
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	86	10.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	17	30.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	77	58.9 %	2014
Population below poverty line	9	58.9	2016
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	153	9.740 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	99	8400 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	75	28.6 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	10	50	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	4	44.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	5	47.1	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	95	350000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	166	875000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	89	169000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	35	163000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	77	135000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	65	108000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	54	144.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	147	1.448 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	69	942.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	155	286000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	145	154.700 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	3	31 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	95	44.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	69	24.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	131	19.371 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	159	6000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	159	5279 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	147	1.16 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	145	1.9 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	116	16.26 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	24	68.3	2018
Land use - arable land	93	9.8	2018
Land use - forest	85	31.7	2018
Land use - other	172	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	12	57.7	2018
Revenue from coal	21	0.1 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	27	2.25 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	142	4.510 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	90	1.006 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	135	20.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	147	41.300 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	53	2.42	2025
Urbanization - urban population	159	24.8	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	152	17204 sq km	0
Area - total	152	17364 sq km	0
Area - water	103	160158 sq km	0
Coastline	159	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	98	1862 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	29	21 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	104	305 meters	0
Irrigated land	106	500 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	127	546 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	24	68.3	2018
Land use - arable land	93	9.8	2018
Land use - forest	85	31.7	2018
Land use - other	172	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	12	57.7	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	56	18.71	8654
Age structure - 25-54 years	111	39.46	3275
Age structure - 55-64 years	166	4.36	7672
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	64	2.45 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	6	5.17 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	131	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	45	7.68 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	87	0.06 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	46	23.35 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	60	5.8 %	2014
Contraceptive prevalence rate	37	66.1 %	2014
Current health expenditure	44	6.8 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	35	9.71 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	121	6.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	39	15.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	54	64 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	49	57.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	21	97.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	34	25.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	24	19.7 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	41	2.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	34	5 % of GDP	2021
Hospital bed density	49	2.1 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	30	35.25 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	32	43.89 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	31	39.63 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	181	61.81 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	184	57.62 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	183	59.69 years	0
Literacy - female	57	88.5 %	2018
Literacy - male	53	88.3 %	0
Literacy - total population	56	88.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	20	437 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	115	24.7 years	2020
Median age - male	117	22.5 years	0
Median age - total	112	23.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	160	6.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	85	16.5 %	2016
Physicians density	142	0.14 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	154	1.122 million	2022
Population growth rate	94	0.75 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	42	92.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	70	16.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	61	14.1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	51	7.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	12 years	2013
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	15	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	31	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	34	0.87	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	48	0.73	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	49	0.48 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	27	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	92	1.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	108	16.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	101	9.2 %	2020
Total fertility rate	58	2.44 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	53	2.42	2025
Urbanization - urban population	159	24.8	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	10	50	2016
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	4	44.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	5	47.1	0
Transportation
Airports	108	14	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	53	5	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	83	12	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	60	7	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	134	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	N/A	2022
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2022
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	117	301 km	2014
Roadways - paved	151	N/A km	2022
Roadways - total	158	N/A km	2022
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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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