Eswatini

Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income · Capital: Mbabane

$3,910GDP per capita · 2024

Long-run GDP per capita

Real GDP per capita in 2011 international dollars, 1950–2022. Maddison Project Database 2023.

Economic events

Crises and shocks, also marked on the chart above.

Demographics

Life expectancy

64.3 · 2024

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Population

1.2M · 2024

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Population growth

1.0% · 2024

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Urban population

26.2% · 2024

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Environment

CO₂ per capita

0.9 · 2024

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External

Current account balance

1.6% · 2024

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Current account balance (IMF)

-0.6% · 2025

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Government

Central government debt

35.7% · 2021

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Government gross debt

44.9% · 2025

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Labour

Unemployment

34.2% · 2025

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Unemployment rate (IMF)

No data

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Output & growth

GDP

$4.9B · 2024

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GDP (IMF)

$5.2B · 2025

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GDP (PPP)

Int’l$ 15.6B · 2025

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GDP growth

3.0% · 2024

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GDP per capita

$3,910 · 2024

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GDP per capita (IMF)

$4,442 · 2025

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GNI per capita

$3,590 · 2024

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Real GDP growth

3.6% · 2025

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Prices

Inflation (CPI)

2.6% · 2019

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Inflation (avg CPI)

3.1% · 2025

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Society

Income inequality (Gini)

54.6 · 2016

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Internet users

63.4% · 2024

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Trade

Exports

53.8% · 2024

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Imports

53.7% · 2024

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Trade

107.5% · 2024

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