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Society profile

Eswatini

Eswatini: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 1.3 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 33.0%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 62.7%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 4.3%World Bank2025 Female share of population 50.9%World Bank2025 Urban population 26.7%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 2.7World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 68.2World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 64.3yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 42.2‰World Bank2024 Net migration -5 775World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 90.8%World Bank2022 Secondary school enrolment 82.0%World Bank2016 Tertiary enrolment 6.4%World Bank2013 Education spending 6.0%World Bank2024

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $12 529$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $11 390$World Bank2025 Gini index 54.6World Bank2016 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 44.5%World Bank2016 Income share held by richest 10% 42.7%World Bank2016

Health

Suicide rate 27.2per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 7.5%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 63.4%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 139.8per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 89.3%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 0.9tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey38.8%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey24.7%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey26.9%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey22.8%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey30.3%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 21.6%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey56.5%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey11.5%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey20.8%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 34.2%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 54.3%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 48.5%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 54.0%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 30.2%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 12.5per 100kWorld Bank2021 Feels safe walking alone at night survey33.6%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey42.5%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Angola86%
  2. Bolivia81%
  3. Nicaragua79%
  4. Ecuador78%
  5. Slovak Republic76%
  6. Romania76%

Distance is computed on 10 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.