Eswatini vs Mozambique
Eswatini vs Mozambique: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.6% of GDP in Eswatini and 1.87% of GDP in Mozambique, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 0.26 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Eswatini.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mozambique has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Eswatini.
- In 2025, Eswatini ranked 80 and Mozambique ranked 70 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Eswatini | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.6 | 1.87 |
| 2024 | 1.54 | 2.12 |
| 2023 | 1.66 | 1.93 |
| 2022 | 1.66 | 2.21 |
| 2021 | 1.68 | 1.91 |
| 2020 | 1.86 | 2.02 |
| 2019 | 1.89 | 1.39 |
| 2018 | 2.1 | 1.31 |
| 2017 | 1.92 | 0.98 |
| 2016 | 2.07 | 0.92 |
| 2015 | 1.75 | 0.83 |
| 2014 | 1.82 | 0.97 |
| 2013 | 1.95 | 0.92 |
| 2012 | 1.92 | 0.83 |
| 2011 | 2.22 | 0.81 |
| 2010 | 2.37 | 0.87 |
| 2009 | 2.09 | 0.69 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0.65 |
| 2007 | 1.64 | 0.63 |
| 2006 | 1.67 | 0.6 |
| 2005 | 2.03 | 0.7 |
| 2004 | 1.58 | 0.98 |
| 2003 | 1.48 | 0.91 |
| 2002 | 1.39 | 0.9 |
| 2001 | 1.26 | 0.9 |
| 2000 | 1.46 | 0.93 |
| 1999 | 1.69 | 0.9 |
| 1998 | 1.65 | 0.89 |
| 1997 | 1.5 | 0.86 |
| 1996 | 1.65 | 0.89 |
| 1995 | 1.69 | 1.09 |
| 1994 | 1.82 | 2.46 |
| 1993 | 1.75 | 2.06 |
| 1992 | 1.63 | 2.13 |
| 1991 | 1.39 | 1.86 |
| 1990 | 1.28 | 2.39 |
| 1989 | 1.25 | 3.37 |
| 1988 | 1.26 | 3.01 |
| 1987 | 1.43 | 3.51 |
| 1986 | 1.64 | 3.21 |
| 1985 | 1.84 | 3.28 |
| 1984 | 2.03 | 4 |
| 1983 | 2.26 | 3.54 |
| 1982 | 2.2 | 2.82 |
| 1981 | 2.17 | 2.79 |
| 1980 | 2.42 | 1.86 |
| 1979 | 2.46 | – |
| 1978 | 2.43 | – |
| 1977 | 1.78 | – |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 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 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