Eswatini vs Mozambique
Eswatini vs Mozambique: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 25.3% in Eswatini and 41.3% in Mozambique, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 16.1 percentage points, or 1.64 times that in Eswatini.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Mozambique has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Eswatini ranked 117 and Mozambique ranked 76 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Eswatini | Mozambique | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25.3 | 41.3 | – |
| 2023 | 25.4 | 41.7 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 25.4 | 42 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 25.5 | 42.4 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 25.6 | 42.7 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 25.7 | 43 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 25.8 | 43.4 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 25.9 | 43.7 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 26 | 44.1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 26.1 | 44.4 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 26.1 | 44.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 26.2 | 45.1 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 26.3 | 45.4 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 26.4 | 45.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 26.5 | 46.1 | 32 |
| 2009 | 26.6 | 46.4 | 32 |
| 2008 | 26.7 | 46.8 | 32 |
| 2007 | 26.8 | 47.1 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 26.8 | 47.5 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 26.9 | 47.8 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 27 | 48.1 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 27.1 | 48.5 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 27.2 | 48.8 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 27.3 | 49.2 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 27.4 | 49.5 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 27.5 | 49.8 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 27.5 | 50.2 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 27.6 | 50.5 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 27.7 | 50.9 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 27.8 | 51.2 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 27.9 | 51.5 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 28 | 51.9 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 28.1 | 52.2 | 33 |
| 1991 | 28.1 | 52.6 | – |
| 1990 | 28.2 | 52.9 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 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