Eswatini vs Mozambique
Eswatini vs Mozambique: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 89.3% in Eswatini and 36.9% in Mozambique, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Eswatini, by 52.4 percentage points, or 2.42 times that in Mozambique.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Eswatini has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Eswatini | Mozambique | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 89.3 | 36.9 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 86.4 | 36 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 82.3 | 33.2 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 82.9 | 31.5 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 80 | 30.6 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 77 | 29.7 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 74 | 31.1 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 73.5 | 24.3 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 63.4 | 26.2 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 64.1 | 24 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 65 | 24.8 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 57.5 | 22.4 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 54.3 | 21.2 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 51.2 | 20.2 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 45.6 | 18.9 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 38.6 | 15 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 42.6 | 13.6 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 39.8 | 12.4 | 82 |
| 2006 | 35.2 | 13 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 34.2 | 11.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 31.4 | 10.7 | 80 |
| 2003 | 28.7 | 8.1 | 80 |
| 2002 | 25.9 | 8.4 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 26.9 | 5.7 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 20.4 | 6.1 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 4.9 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 3.7 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | – | 6.6 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Eswatini vs Mozambique
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