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IndicatorSWZEswatiniSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.21rank #138
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile32rank #150
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.06rank #140
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.08rank #151
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.11rank #136
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile36.2rank #160
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.21rank #138
Military spending% GDP1.4%rank #83
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.11rank #125
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile53.4rank #163
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile44.8rank #147
Rule of Law0-100 percentile42.2rank #154
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.23rank #120
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.13rank #144
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.1rank #131
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile33.3rank #179
Women in parliament% seats21.6%rank #106
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.39rank #136
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment14.5%rank #91
Agriculture value added% GDP6.4%rank #81
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker92,132.4rank #109
Current account balance% GDP1.6%rank #57
Employment-to-population ratio%34%rank #175
External debt stocks% GNI27.8%rank #24
FDI net inflows% GDP1.6%rank #125
GDPcurrent US$5.16Brank #154
GDP growth%4.2%rank #69
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$4,108.3rank #126
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $10,706.8rank #121
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $9,919.1rank #120
Government expenditure% GDP24.6%rank #76
Gross capital formation% GDP15%rank #149
Gross savings% GDP17.7%rank #100
High-technology exports% manuf. exports0.29%rank #149
Human capital indexindex2.2rank #109
Industry value added% GDP33.6%rank #33
Inflation%2.6%rank #104
Labour force participation rate%51.2%rank #155
Personal remittances received% GDP0.69%rank #113
R&D expenditure% GDP0.28%rank #73
Researchers in R&Dper million137.9rank #74
Tax revenue% GDP24.3%rank #16
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.65rank #59
Trade openness% GDP107.5%rank #51
Unemployment% labor force34.2%rank #181
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%33.6%rank #181
Vulnerable employment% employment28.4%rank #91
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2454.3%rank #179
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2454.1%rank #179
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop80.4%rank #135
Basic sanitation access% pop64.5%rank #134
Child mortalityper 1004.5rank #123
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,573.8rank #142
DTP3 immunization coverage%84%rank #16
Health spending% GDP7.5%rank #71
Infant mortalityper 1k births42.2rank #128
Life expectancyyears64.3rank #192
Maternal mortalityper 100k118rank #62
Measles immunization% children85%rank #15
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%85%rank #15
Physiciansper 1k0.56rank #38
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m316.7rank #98
Road traffic deathsper 100k33.5rank #130
Smoking prevalence% adults11.5%rank #31
Suicide mortality rateper 100k27.2rank #176
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k319rank #132
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births45.1rank #162
Undernourishment% pop14.7%rank #48
Education
Adult literacy%90.8%rank #22
Education spending% GDP6%rank #8
Expected years of schoolingyears15.2rank #64
Mean years of schoolingyears8.7rank #118
Primary completion rate% relevant age93.6%rank #84
Primary enrollment% gross116.5%rank #14
Secondary enrollment% gross82%rank #103
Tertiary enrollment% gross6.4%rank #122
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00023.6rank #57
Fertility ratebirths/woman2.7rank #64
Median age of populationyears22rank #162
Net migration rateper 1,000-6.9rank #191
Populationpeople1.26Mrank #158
Population growth%1.1%rank #97
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years67.5rank #200
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands1,505.3rank #158
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age60.8rank #70
Urban population%26.7%rank #190
Climate
CO₂ emissionst1.04Mrank #166
CO₂ per capitat0.84rank #155
Electricity access% pop89.3%rank #31
Electricity from coal% generation3.3%rank #18
Electricity from hydro% generation57.4%rank #30
Electricity from solar% generation4.9%rank #77
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita1,199.5rank #103
Forest area% land29.1%rank #111
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita2.9rank #55
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh131.2rank #32
Renewable electricity%96.7%rank #7
Renewable energy share%64.7%rank #14
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e3.6rank #30
Society
Asylum seekerspeople472rank #56
Extreme poverty% pop44.5%rank #47
Female labor participation%48.5%rank #122
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1002.5rank #123
Gender Development Indexratio0.96rank #53
Gender Inequality Index0-10.48rank #112
Gini indexindex54.6rank #72
Homicide rateper 100k12.5rank #92
Human Development Index0-10.7rank #98
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.43rank #108
Internet users% pop63.4%rank #130
Life satisfaction0-103.9rank #134
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.08rank #170
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.25rank #133
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.49rank #157
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.72rank #165
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people1,414rank #120
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people220rank #43
Youth NEET rate%36.9%rank #169
Risk
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-103.9rank #33
Human hazard & exposure0-105.5rank #45
INFORM risk score0-104.3rank #32
Lack of coping capacity0-104.9rank #40
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-104.2rank #38
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-105.6rank #35
Natural hazard & exposure0-101.8rank #6
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year1rank #2
Socio-economic vulnerability0-105rank #49
Vulnerability0-104.2rank #31
Vulnerable groups0-103.2rank #27
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