Eswatini vs Mozambique
Eswatini vs Mozambique: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 3.1% a year in Eswatini and 4.4% a year in Mozambique, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 1.3 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Eswatini.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Mozambique has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Eswatini.
- In 2025, Eswatini ranked 83 and Mozambique ranked 46 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Eswatini at 3% a year and Mozambique at 5% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Eswatini | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 7 |
| 2022 | 4.8 | 10.4 |
| 2021 | 3.7 | 6.6 |
| 2020 | 3.9 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 5.7 |
| 2018 | 4.8 | 3.2 |
| 2017 | 6.2 | 15.8 |
| 2016 | 7.8 | 18.4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3.6 |
| 2014 | 5.7 | 2.6 |
| 2013 | 5.6 | 4.3 |
| 2012 | 8.9 | 2.6 |
| 2011 | 6.1 | 11.2 |
| 2010 | 4.5 | 12.4 |
| 2009 | 7.4 | 3.8 |
| 2008 | 12.7 | 14.5 |
| 2007 | 8.1 | 10.4 |
| 2006 | 5.2 | 13.2 |
| 2005 | 4.9 | 6.4 |
| 2004 | 3.5 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 7.3 | 13.5 |
| 2002 | 11.9 | 16.8 |
| 2001 | 7.5 | 9.1 |
| 2000 | 9.9 | 12.7 |
| 1999 | 5.9 | 2.9 |
| 1998 | 7.5 | 1.5 |
| 1997 | 7.9 | 7.4 |
| 1996 | 6.4 | 48.5 |
| 1995 | 12.3 | 47.7 |
| 1994 | 13.8 | 63.1 |
| 1993 | 12 | 42.3 |
| 1992 | 7.6 | 45.1 |
| 1991 | 8.9 | 33.3 |
| 1990 | 13.1 | 43.7 |
| 1989 | 7.5 | 42.1 |
| 1988 | 20.4 | 58.5 |
| 1987 | 13.4 | 164.1 |
| 1986 | 13.7 | 40.5 |
| 1985 | 20.5 | 30.8 |
| 1984 | 12.9 | 30 |
| 1983 | 11.6 | 28.2 |
| 1982 | 10.8 | 17.7 |
| 1981 | 20.1 | 4.2 |
| 1980 | 18.2 | 2 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Eswatini | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.9 | 5.6 |
| 2027 | 3.2 | 6.8 |
| 2028 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 2029 | 3 | 5 |
| 2030 | 3 | 5 |
| 2031 | 3 | 5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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