Eswatini vs Mozambique
Eswatini vs Mozambique: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $75 in Eswatini and $13 in Mozambique, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Eswatini, by $61, or 5.61 times that in Mozambique.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Eswatini has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Eswatini ranked 87 and Mozambique ranked 134 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Eswatini | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $75 | $13 |
| 2024 | $67 | $14 |
| 2023 | $68 | $12 |
| 2022 | $69 | $13 |
| 2021 | $69 | $10 |
| 2020 | $65 | $9 |
| 2019 | $74 | $7 |
| 2018 | $82 | $7 |
| 2017 | $76 | $5 |
| 2016 | $70 | $4 |
| 2015 | $65 | $5 |
| 2014 | $72 | $7 |
| 2013 | $76 | $6 |
| 2012 | $81 | $6 |
| 2011 | $96 | $5 |
| 2010 | $92 | $4 |
| 2009 | $69 | $4 |
| 2008 | $61 | $4 |
| 2007 | $57 | $3 |
| 2006 | $54 | $3 |
| 2005 | $55 | $3 |
| 2004 | $40 | $4 |
| 2003 | $30 | $3 |
| 2002 | $17 | $3 |
| 2001 | $19 | $3 |
| 2000 | $24 | $3 |
| 1999 | $25 | $3 |
| 1998 | $25 | $3 |
| 1997 | $26 | $3 |
| 1996 | $27 | $2 |
| 1995 | $30 | $2 |
| 1994 | $26 | $5 |
| 1993 | $25 | $4 |
| 1992 | $23 | $4 |
| 1991 | $18 | $5 |
| 1990 | $17 | $7 |
| 1989 | $11 | $6 |
| 1988 | $11 | $5 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollarsEswatini: $88.1M in 2025Mozambique: $446M 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