Country profile
Eswatini
Africa · Capital: Lobamba · Currency: Swazi lilangeni (SZL), South African rand (ZAR)
Eswatini is a country in Africa, with its capital at Lobamba. It has a GDP of $4.86B (2024), a population of 1.3M (2025), a GDP per capita of $3,910.
- GDP
- $4.86B
- GDP per capita
- $3,910
- Population
- 1.3M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $12,529
2024 · #163 of 200
2024 · #142 of 200
2025 · #158 of 216
2025 · #121 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $4.86B2024 · #163
- GDP per capita
- $3,9102024 · #142
- GDP growth
- 3.03%2024 · #114
- Inflation
- 2.60%2019
- Unemployment
- 34.20%2025 · #181
- Population
- 1.3M2025 · #158
- GDP (PPP)
- $15.74B2025 · #150
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $12,5292025 · #121
- Gini index
- 54.62016 · #159
- Government debt
- 50%2026 · #85
People
- Median age
- 24.6 yrs2024 · #175
- Fertility rate
- 2.7 children/woman2024 · #64
- Urbanization
- 26.7%2025 · #200
- Net migration
- −5,775/yr2025 · #140
- Life expectancy
- 64.3 yrs2024 · #191
- HDI
- 0.6952023 · #126
- Homicide rate
- 12.5 per 100k2021 · #149
Money
- Corporate tax
- 27.5%2024 · #68
- Top income tax
- 33%2024 · #84
Figures
- Internet users
- 63.4%2024 · #132
- CO₂ per capita
- 0.9 t2024 · #144
- Area
- 17,364 km²#160
- Population density
- 72 /km²2025 · #130
- McDonald's
- 02024
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 12026 · #62
- Passport power
- 72 destinations2026 · #121
- Corruption index
- 27/1002024 · #136
- Military spending
- 1.4%2024 · #83
- Renewable energy
- 65.4%2021 · #33