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Eswatini vs Mozambique
How Eswatini and Mozambique compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Eswatini was higher: 64.1 years against 63.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Eswatini was higher: $3,986 against $586
- Population · In 2023, Mozambique was higher: 33.6 million people against 1.23 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Mozambique was higher: 1.87% of GDP against 1.6% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Eswatini was higher: 0.88 tonnes against 0.29 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyEswatini: 64.1 years in 2023Mozambique: 63.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEswatini: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Mozambique: 5.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEswatini: 37.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mozambique: 49.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEswatini: 4.07% in 2017Mozambique: 3.9% in 2017
- Suicide rateEswatini: 22.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Mozambique: 17.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEswatini: 1.23 million people in 2023Mozambique: 33.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEswatini: 0.94% a year in 2023Mozambique: 2.94% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEswatini: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Mozambique: 4.76 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEswatini: 26.7% in 2025Mozambique: 37.2% in 2025
- Median ageEswatini: 22 years in 2023Mozambique: 16.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEswatini: 4.1% in 2023Mozambique: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateEswatini: -6.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Mozambique: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEswatini: 1.6% of GDP in 2025Mozambique: 1.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEswatini: $88.1M in 2025Mozambique: $446M in 2025
- Military spending per personEswatini: $75 in 2025Mozambique: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEswatini: 5.2% of government spending in 2025Mozambique: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEswatini: 3,000 people in 1999Mozambique: 11,000 people in 2020
- National powerEswatini: 0.01% of world capability in 2022Mozambique: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEswatini: 0.98% of the labour force in 1999Mozambique: 0.08% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEswatini: 2 million TIV in 2020Mozambique: 14 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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