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Eswatini

Eswatini reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Eight of ten datasets here reach 2025; two stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Eswatini ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
41stGDP$4.9bn1
7thMobile140 per 10015
14thInternet use63.4%3
Last updated 1 Oct 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
South AfricaMozambiqueMbabaneManzini
Two land borders, no coast. Hover a neighbour to compare.
CapitalMbabaneLanguagesEnglish, SwaziCurrencySwazi lilangeni · SZLArea17,364 km²

At a glance

1.3 million people, half of them under 23, in an economy of $5.8bn in 2026, growing 4.0% a year.

Eswatini’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
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Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023
Population1.3mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age22.7years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$4,927current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use63.4%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Eight of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024; policies stops at 1993. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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ReportedModelledNo figure
/v1/data?country_code=sz
Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
1.522.5320142024ImportsExports
Exports and imports have run close over the decade; the band is the gap.World BankSources →
Where exports goTop destinations, 2023
South Africa$1.41bnKenya$0.09bnMozambique$0.08bn
South Africa takes more of Eswatini’s goods than Kenya and Mozambique combined.Trade partners recordSources →
Where imports come fromTop origins, 2023
South Africa$1.50bnChina$0.15bnIndia$0.07bn
South Africa alone supplies more than China and India together.Trade partners recordSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
$2.5k$3.5k$4.5k20142024$3,910
Reported every year, including the 2023 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%5%10%201420244.0%
4.0% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 7.8% in 2016.IMFSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
00.10.220142024$0.03bn
Flat over the decade in current prices.World BankSources →
Goods exports by value2023 · top categories
Perfumery$0.59bnSugar$0.48bnChemical products…$0.28bn
Perfumery alone is 44% of the recorded top categories; services are excluded here.Trade products recordSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
0%25%50%2014202440.1%
Up 26 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Lilangeni per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
010202014202418.3
Lost 11% of its dollar value in 2023, then recovered in 2024.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202489.3%
Up 24 points in a decade — the fastest-moving service in the record.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
4060802014202445.1
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
4060802014202464.3 yrs
The 2021 dip is the pandemic, in vermilion.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
010020020142024140
More subscriptions than people since 2020.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
20%25%30%2014202426.2%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerTwo heads of state since 1899, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
/v1/government/overview/sz
18992026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

Mswati III has held the office of King of Swaziland since Apr 1986. The record holds ten current ministers, and a Prime Minister of Eswatini.

ElectedAppointed
Mswati IIIMswati IIIKing of Swazilandin office since Apr 1986
No second seatthe deputy for this date is not in the record
Edeupa YeriminEdeupa YeriminPrime Minister of Eswatiniin office since Nov 2023
11 seats confirmed current · 10 recorded for 2025
10Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
Foreign AffairsTourism and Environmental AffairsLabour and Social SecurityPublic ServiceCommerce, Industry and TradeEconomic PlanningHome AffairsPublic Works and TransportFinance MinisterInformation, Communications and Technology
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Eswatini.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Eswatini
The whole table

Nine measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity89.3%202465.0%+24.3 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Basic drinking water42.2%202433.8%+8.3 ptsReportedUNICEF
Basic sanitation3.6%20244.9%−1.3 ptsReportedUNICEF
Clean cooking fuel56.0%202444.0%+12.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality45.1202460.0−14.8 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth64.3 yrs202453.5 yrs+10.8 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population26.7%202523.0%+3.7 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use63.4%202425.0%+38.4 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions140 / 100202481 / 100+59ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Eswatini

158 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Eswatini. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

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How Eswatini ranks across Africa

Eswatini's position on 157 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
UNICEF2024
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Eswatini: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

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