Eswatini vs Mozambique
Eswatini vs Mozambique: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $88.1M in Eswatini and $446M in Mozambique, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mozambique, by $358M, or 5.06 times that in Eswatini.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mozambique has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
- In 2025, Eswatini ranked 135 and Mozambique ranked 103 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Eswatini | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $88.1M | $446M |
| 2024 | $83.2M | $484M |
| 2023 | $87.1M | $420M |
| 2022 | $81.2M | $464M |
| 2021 | $76.4M | $389M |
| 2020 | $81.9M | $410M |
| 2019 | $84.1M | $279M |
| 2018 | $87.7M | $259M |
| 2017 | $84M | $187M |
| 2016 | $91.1M | $183M |
| 2015 | $77.8M | $166M |
| 2014 | $76.8M | $175M |
| 2013 | $76.4M | $156M |
| 2012 | $72.3M | $135M |
| 2011 | $81.9M | $121M |
| 2010 | $83.9M | $132M |
| 2009 | $75.5M | $102M |
| 2008 | $69.4M | $92.7M |
| 2007 | $61.9M | $92.6M |
| 2006 | $60.8M | $84.1M |
| 2005 | $61.1M | $93.7M |
| 2004 | $46.7M | $122M |
| 2003 | $42.3M | $111M |
| 2002 | $36.3M | $113M |
| 2001 | $35.6M | $109M |
| 2000 | $38.4M | $95.3M |
| 1999 | $39.3M | $92M |
| 1998 | $37.4M | $76.7M |
| 1997 | $33.4M | $64.5M |
| 1996 | $34.8M | $58.1M |
| 1995 | $33.9M | $64M |
| 1994 | $33.4M | $138M |
| 1993 | $32.2M | $118M |
| 1992 | $27.8M | $109M |
| 1991 | $22.1M | $109M |
| 1990 | $20.1M | $116M |
| 1989 | $14.1M | $127M |
| 1988 | $13.1M | $101M |
| 1987 | $13.6M | $111M |
| 1986 | $15.2M | $82.9M |
| 1985 | $15.2M | $108M |
| 1984 | $16.7M | $128M |
| 1983 | $18.3M | $134M |
| 1982 | $18.8M | $143M |
| 1981 | $18.8M | $152M |
| 1980 | $21.3M | $135M |
| 1979 | $21.1M | – |
| 1978 | $20.6M | – |
| 1977 | $14.6M | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spendingEswatini: 1.6% of GDP in 2025Mozambique: 1.87% of GDP 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