Population
1.2M
Unitary diarchic
GDP per capita, PPP
$16,106
in 2031
Passport power
#124
41 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
5
Top: Manzini
Country overview
- Official name
- Kingdom of Eswatini
- Capital
- Mbabane
- Continent
- Africa / Southern Africa
- Area
- 17,364 km²
- Population
- 1.2M
- Density
- 70.9/km²
- Government
- Unitary diarchic
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .sz
- Calling code
- +268
- Timezone
- UTC+02:00
Regions
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #124 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 41
- Total accessible
- 68
Culture and society
- Languages
- English, Swazi (SiSwati)
- Religions
- Christianity 89.3%, No religion 7.4%, Traditional faiths 2.5%, Others 0.8%
- Currencies
- L SZL — Swazi lilangeni, R ZAR — South African rand
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.695
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $16,106
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 64.3 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 63.4%
- Gini index (2016)
- 54.6
- Inflation (2031)
- 3.0%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 34.2%
- Urban population (2025)
- 26.7%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 3.9/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 20.0 µg/m³
- Political stability (2023)
- 31th pct
- Homicide rate (2021)
- 12.5/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.37