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SOUTHERN AFRICA

Eswatini

SZ

Mbabane · pop. 1M · English, Swazi · Swazi lilangeni · landlocked

Trajectories

economic complexity

#65

Roughly steady in the rankings since 2000.

2024 · 0.27

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers25
whenvaluechange
20000.31
20010.35+0.04 pts
20020.32−0.03 pts
20030.22−0.10 pts
20040.40+0.18 pts
20050.57+0.18 pts
20060.84+0.27 pts
2007high0.88+0.03 pts
20080.73−0.14 pts
20090.77+0.03 pts
20100.41−0.35 pts
20110.30−0.12 pts
20120.30+0.01 pts
20130.33+0.02 pts
20140.36+0.03 pts
20150.360 pts
20160.37+0.01 pts
20170.33−0.03 pts
20180.30−0.04 pts
2019low0.15−0.15 pts
20200.41+0.26 pts
20210.34−0.07 pts
20220.19−0.15 pts
20230.17−0.02 pts
2024latest0.27+0.10 pts

economic momentum

$3,910

Roughly doubled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $3,910

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers35
whenvaluechange
1990$1,278
1991low$1,273−0.4%
1992$1,362+7.0%
1993$1,397+2.6%
1994$1,461+4.6%
1995$1,751+19.8%
1996$1,619−7.5%
1997$1,705+5.3%
1998$1,547−9.3%
1999$1,502−2.9%
2000$1,630+8.5%
2001$1,430−12.3%
2002$1,316−8.0%
2003$2,015+53.2%
2004$2,526+25.3%
2005$2,871+13.7%
2006$2,965+3.3%
2007$3,109+4.9%
2008$2,947−5.2%
2009$3,190+8.2%
2010$3,923+23.0%
2011high$4,225+7.7%
2012$4,2250.0%
2013$3,950−6.5%
2014$3,771−4.5%
2015$3,420−9.3%
2016$3,238−5.3%
2017$3,853+19.0%
2018$3,973+3.1%
2019$3,913−1.5%
2020$3,467−11.4%
2021$3,984+14.9%
2022$3,894−2.3%
2023$3,756−3.6%
2024latest$3,910+4.1%

prices

2.6%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2019. The world’s median was 2.4%.

2019 · 2.6%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
199013.1%
19918.9%−4.16 pts
19927.6%−1.38 pts
199312.0%+4.47 pts
1994high13.8%+1.75 pts
199512.3%−1.48 pts
19966.4%−5.86 pts
19977.1%+0.70 pts
19988.1%+0.98 pts
19996.1%−2.02 pts
200012.2%+6.12 pts
20015.9%−6.27 pts
200212.0%+6.08 pts
20037.3%−4.73 pts
20043.4%−3.84 pts
20054.8%+1.33 pts
20065.3%+0.53 pts
20078.1%+2.77 pts
200812.7%+4.58 pts
20097.4%−5.21 pts
20104.5%−2.94 pts
20116.1%+1.60 pts
20128.9%+2.83 pts
20135.6%−3.32 pts
20145.7%+0.06 pts
20155.0%−0.73 pts
20167.8%+2.90 pts
20176.2%−1.63 pts
20184.8%−1.41 pts
2019latest2.6%−2.22 pts

demographic curve

2.7 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 6.6 in 1980.

2024 · 2.7

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
the numbers65
whenvaluechange
19606.8
19616.8+0.3%
19626.8+0.3%
1963high6.8+0.1%
19646.8−0.2%
19656.8+0.1%
19666.8+0.1%
19676.8−0.5%
19686.8−0.1%
19696.80.0%
19706.7−0.2%
19716.7−0.1%
19726.7−0.3%
19736.7−0.1%
19746.7−0.1%
19756.70.0%
19766.7−0.1%
19776.7−0.4%
19786.6−0.4%
19796.6−0.6%
19806.6−0.5%
19816.5−0.5%
19826.5−0.7%
19836.4−0.9%
19846.4−1.1%
19856.3−1.2%
19866.1−2.8%
19875.9−3.3%
19885.7−3.5%
19895.5−3.8%
19905.3−3.4%
19915.1−3.1%
19925.0−2.9%
19934.8−3.3%
19944.7−3.2%
19954.5−3.0%
19964.4−3.2%
19974.2−3.3%
19984.1−2.6%
19994.1−0.9%
20004.0−1.4%
20013.9−2.1%
20023.9−2.3%
20033.8−1.5%
20043.8−0.9%
20053.7−1.5%
20063.6−1.9%
20073.6−1.4%
20083.6−0.4%
20093.5−1.8%
20103.4−3.7%
20113.3−1.7%
20123.3−1.5%
20133.2−0.9%
20143.2−1.7%
20153.1−1.9%
20163.1−1.7%
20173.0−1.6%
20183.0−1.6%
20192.9−1.5%
20202.9−1.3%
20212.8−1.6%
20222.8−1.4%
20232.8−1.7%
2024latest2.7−1.3%

Metrics

  1. population
    1M
    158 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $5B
    154 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $3,756
    110 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $71M
    138 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    1.4%
    88 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    17K km²
    159 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    59 /km²
    99 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    64.1 yr
    151 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    58%
    118 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    0.9 t
    117 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    27%
    157 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    2.7
    57 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    2.7%
    100 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    0.7%
    112 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. r&d % of gdp
    0.3%
    84 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. researchers per million
    138
    91 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  17. scientific articles / yr
    31
    151 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  18. high-tech exports %
    0%
    153 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  19. gini inequality
    55
    139 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  20. youth unemployment
    54%
    164 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  21. adult literacy
    91%
    54 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  22. democracy (v-dem)
    0.10
    136 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  23. clean government
    27
    124 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  24. press freedom
    46.3
    126 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  25. human development
    0.695
    105 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data