International Rankings of Eswatini 2023, 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	53	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	175	12000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	59	59 %	2021
Internet users - total	158	708000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	55	4	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	154	46000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	120	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	157	1.400 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	164	1.454 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	163	1.131 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	95	8.5 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	67	124.463 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	180	535.000 million US Dollars	2019
Exports	159	2.132 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	171	4.484 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	64	47.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	42	21.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	95	64 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	95	46.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	125	13.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	57	0.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	98	6.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	16	45 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	149	48.6 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	5	54.6 %	2016
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
Imports	171	2.173 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	14	15.38 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	114	2.6 %	2019
Labor force	162	383500 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	92	10.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	19	30.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	84	58.9 %	2014
Population below poverty line	11	58.9 %	2016
Public debt	158	28.4 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	162	10.560 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	42	7.88 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	129	8900 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	165	572.282 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	31	28.6 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	7	25.76 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	9	54.1	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	3	47.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	3	50.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	100	350000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	175	875000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	94	169000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	35	163000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	80	135000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	68	108000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	57	144.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	152	1.448 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	73	942.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	161	286000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	150	154.700 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	3	31 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	104	44.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	73	24.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	67	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	136	19.371 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	167	6000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	170	5279 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	153	1.16 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	149	1.9 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	122	16.26 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	25	68.3	2018
Land use - arable land	98	9.8	2018
Land use - forest	94	31.7	2018
Land use - other	186	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	13	57.7	2018
Revenue from coal	24	0.1 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	30	2.25 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	149	4.510 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	86	1.010 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	94	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	109	40.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	56	2.42	2025
Urbanization - urban population	167	24.8	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	159	17204 sq km	0
Area - total	160	17364 sq km	0
Area - water	109	160158 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	112	1862 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	21 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	107	305 meters	0
Irrigated land	111	500 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	135	546 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	25	68.3	2018
Land use - arable land	98	9.8	2018
Land use - forest	94	31.7	2018
Land use - other	186	0	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	13	57.7	2018
Military
Military expenditures	36	1.7 % of GDP	2021
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	66	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	135	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	47	7.68 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	90	0.06 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	49	22.83 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	64	5.8 %	2014
Contraceptive prevalence rate	38	66.1 %	2014
Current health expenditure	53	6.5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	154	37.1 %	2023
Death rate	43	9.53 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	131	6.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	39	15.3 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	57	64 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	52	57.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	22	97.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	35	25.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	25	19.7 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	43	2.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	36	5 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	54	1.19 %	2023
Hospital bed density	50	2.1 beds/1,000 population	2011
Infant mortality rate - female	32	33.85 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	34	42.27 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	34	38.12 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	196	62.33 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	203	58.17 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	197	60.22 years	0
Literacy - female	62	88.5 %	2018
Literacy - male	53	88.3 %	0
Literacy - total population	58	88.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	22	437 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	123	24.7 years	2020
Median age - male	124	22.5 years	0
Median age - total	123	23.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	177	6.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	90	16.5 %	2016
Physicians density	147	0.14 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	162	1.130 million	2023
Population growth rate	99	0.72 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	42	92.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	74	16.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	64	14.1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	53	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	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	16	1 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	36	0.87 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	52	0.59 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	29	0.9 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	96	1.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	111	16.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	106	9.2 %	2020
Total fertility rate	64	2.41 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	56	2.42	2025
Urbanization - urban population	167	24.8	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	9	54.1	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	3	47.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	3	50.9	0
Transportation
Airports	110	14	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	87	121000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2023
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Eswatini on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Eswatini 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Eswatini 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.