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General Information

Region		Southern Africa
Population (000, 2021)		1 172^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		68.2^a
Capital city		Mbabane^c
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		68^c,d
UN membership date		24-Sep-68
Surface area (km2)		17 363^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		97^a
National currency		Lilangeni (SZL)
Exchange rate (per US$)		14.6^e

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	4 439	4 073	4 594^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.8	2.3	1.1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	4 168.5	3 689.5	4 001.6^b
Economy: Agriculture^f (% of Gross Value Added)	10.4	9.8	9.1^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	38.7	37.4	35.4^b
Economy: Services and other activityⁱ (% of GVA)	50.9	52.8	55.4^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	15.2	13.5	12.3^e
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	25.3	24.6	23.5^e
Employment in services^j (% employed)	59.5	61.8	64.2^e
Unemployment^j (% of labour force)	26.9	23.5	22^e
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	45.5 / 57.4	47.0 / 56.4	48.6 / 56.9^e
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	135	167^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	96	101	101^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 557^j	1 820	2 248^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	1 710^j	1 508	2 076^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	-153^j	312	172^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-388	533	255^e

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^k (average annual %)	0.7	0.7	1^e
Urban population (% of total population)	22.5	23.3	24^b
Urban population growth rate^k (average annual %)	2.1	2.6	...
Fertility rate, total^k (live births per woman)	3.6	3.1	3^e
Life expectancy at birth^k (females/males, years)	46.0 / 42.0	54.0 / 47.8	63.9 / 55.2^e
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	40.2 / 5.6	39.1 / 5.7	37.0 / 5.7^a
International migrant stock^l (000/% of total pop.)	32.6 / 3.1	32.4 / 2.9	32.9 / 2.8^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.8^m	0.9	2^e
Infant mortality rate^k (per 1 000 live births)	74.2	51.6	41.4^e
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.6	7	6.5^d
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.2ⁿ	0.1^o	0.1^p
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	6.1	7.1^q	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	118.8 / 131.0	113.5 / 124.9	110.1 / 119.3^d
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	63.7 / 67.3	76.0 / 76.0	82.2 / 82.6^p
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	49.5 / 53.9	61.7 / 62.1	71.4 / 73.0^p
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	19.5	10.1	11.6^r
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	13.6	6.2	9.6^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	11	25.6^j	30.3^j,r
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	...	0.3	...
Threatened species (number)	29	34	46
Forested area^j (% of land area)	28.2	28.6	28.8^d
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	33	33	29^d
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	41	40	38^d
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	868	873	680^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	30	30.6	30.6^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	82.5 / ...	87.1 / ...	88.7 / ...^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.16	2.25	1.82^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Mbabane is the administrative capital and Lobamba is the legislative capital.
d		2018
e		2020
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Includes irrigation canals.
h		Excludes publishing activities.
i		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Including refugees.
m		Data as at the end of December.
n		2009
o		2011
p		2016
q		2014
r		2017
s		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.