Eswatini vs South Africa
Eswatini vs South Africa: Days above 35 °C
Days above 35 °C in 2014: 6.2 days in Eswatini and 13.2 days in South Africa, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in South Africa, by 7 days, or 2.13 times that in Eswatini.
days a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Eswatini at 27.6 days and South Africa at 40 days in 2100.
Every year
days a year · CMIP6
| Year | Eswatini | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6.2 | 13.2 |
| 2013 | 6.1 | 15.2 |
| 2012 | 5.6 | 14.3 |
| 2011 | 5.4 | 11.7 |
| 2010 | 4.8 | 12.5 |
| 2009 | 3.4 | 13.2 |
| 2008 | 4.3 | 12.3 |
| 2007 | 4.4 | 12 |
| 2006 | 4.7 | 11.9 |
| 2005 | 5.9 | 13.3 |
| 2004 | 5.7 | 13.9 |
| 2003 | 4.6 | 12.6 |
| 2002 | 4.1 | 12.6 |
| 2001 | 5.5 | 11.1 |
| 2000 | 4.7 | 11.8 |
| 1999 | 3.6 | 11 |
| 1998 | 5.3 | 12.1 |
| 1997 | 3.4 | 11.3 |
| 1996 | 2.4 | 9.4 |
| 1995 | 2.5 | 8.3 |
| 1994 | 3.7 | 8.5 |
| 1993 | 3.1 | 7.8 |
| 1992 | 2.5 | 7.1 |
| 1991 | 3.1 | 11.1 |
| 1990 | 4.1 | 10.1 |
| 1989 | 4.5 | 11.5 |
| 1988 | 3.3 | 9.4 |
| 1987 | 4 | 11.5 |
| 1986 | 3.8 | 10.2 |
| 1985 | 2.6 | 8.7 |
| 1984 | 2.7 | 8.7 |
| 1983 | 2.9 | 8.6 |
| 1982 | 3.3 | 10.5 |
| 1981 | 2.7 | 9.7 |
| 1980 | 4 | 10.3 |
| 1979 | 3.4 | 9.4 |
| 1978 | 2.9 | 9.5 |
| 1977 | 2.8 | 9.3 |
| 1976 | 2.7 | 9 |
| 1975 | 2.8 | 9.3 |
| 1974 | 2.9 | 8.8 |
| 1973 | 2.5 | 9.5 |
| 1972 | 3.3 | 8.4 |
| 1971 | 2.2 | 8.7 |
| 1970 | 2.7 | 8.2 |
| 1969 | 3.3 | 8.9 |
| 1968 | 3.4 | 8.4 |
| 1967 | 1.9 | 6.9 |
| 1966 | 3.1 | 7.8 |
| 1965 | 1.4 | 7.9 |
| 1964 | 2 | 6.4 |
| 1963 | 2.5 | 7 |
| 1962 | 2.7 | 8.9 |
| 1961 | 3.5 | 10.5 |
| 1960 | 3.2 | 9.7 |
| 1959 | 3 | 8.9 |
| 1958 | 3.5 | 9.3 |
| 1957 | 3.1 | 10.3 |
| 1956 | 2.4 | 7.9 |
| 1955 | 3.6 | 10.3 |
| 1954 | 3.1 | 9.1 |
| 1953 | 2.4 | 7.8 |
| 1952 | 3 | 9 |
| 1951 | 3.1 | 8.4 |
| 1950 | 3.1 | 8.7 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | Eswatini | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6.31.5–12.6 | 14.76.8–24 |
| 2016 | 41–14 | 13.46.3–22.2 |
| 2017 | 61.5–13.7 | 15.27.7–24.6 |
| 2018 | 6.82.4–14.3 | 179.7–28 |
| 2019 | 7.31.8–15.3 | 14.67.1–24.5 |
| 2020 | 6.41.9–13.4 | 15.77.4–23.5 |
| 2021 | 7.41.8–15.4 | 17.99.4–27 |
| 2022 | 93.1–14.4 | 189.8–29 |
| 2023 | 80.9–15.9 | 18.69.9–27.1 |
| 2024 | 8.52.3–17.1 | 17.89.8–28 |
| 2025 | 7.11.6–20.8 | 16.57.5–29.6 |
| 2026 | 9.32.7–20.4 | 20.19.3–29.4 |
| 2027 | 8.73.2–17.9 | 19.910.5–32.8 |
| 2028 | 8.43.3–15 | 19.110.6–33.2 |
| 2029 | 10.44.1–20.7 | 21.412.9–33.6 |
| 2030 | 8.83.2–20.6 | 21.19.6–33.9 |
| 2031 | 8.82.3–21.1 | 20.79.9–35.4 |
| 2032 | 10.54.6–17.4 | 2110.9–34.8 |
| 2033 | 12.22.7–18.5 | 22.612.2–34.2 |
| 2034 | 10.94.6–18.2 | 24.615–35.1 |
| 2035 | 10.73.6–18.9 | 20.911.7–31.3 |
| 2036 | 9.14–18.6 | 21.111.9–32.2 |
| 2037 | 10.35.2–20.6 | 23.412.6–35.2 |
| 2038 | 13.16.4–21.4 | 26.216–36.7 |
| 2039 | 11.24.2–19.7 | 22.611.4–35.9 |
| 2040 | 9.74.7–22.7 | 21.510.9–35.4 |
| 2041 | 115.3–22.2 | 23.213.2–35.8 |
| 2042 | 12.76.8–21.6 | 25.214.3–39.6 |
| 2043 | 13.54.9–27.7 | 25.613.4–39.9 |
| 2044 | 12.44–29.2 | 26.113.1–41.6 |
| 2045 | 12.34.7–25.5 | 26.813.1–40.3 |
| 2046 | 14.56.1–24.5 | 25.914.5–40.8 |
| 2047 | 136.5–24.6 | 26.713.7–41.4 |
| 2048 | 17.14.9–28.2 | 29.215.6–45.4 |
| 2049 | 17.18.4–28.1 | 29.117.3–44.7 |
| 2050 | 16.94.9–31.3 | 29.815.7–48.6 |
| 2051 | 15.68.3–24.9 | 27.913.6–45.2 |
| 2052 | 15.47.9–29 | 31.918.3–46.8 |
| 2053 | 16.77.6–27.4 | 28.318.6–43.2 |
| 2054 | 16.27.7–29.2 | 30.717.3–50.1 |
| 2055 | 16.48.5–32.9 | 2917.8–48 |
| 2056 | 17.46.1–28.9 | 29.916–45.3 |
| 2057 | 18.46.6–33.4 | 3117.4–50.1 |
| 2058 | 17.47.8–29.6 | 31.115.7–46 |
| 2059 | 19.88.8–31.2 | 3216.1–49.9 |
| 2060 | 188.2–33.3 | 33.419.8–49.7 |
| 2061 | 19.57.3–34.6 | 32.718.1–51.1 |
| 2062 | 208.1–37.2 | 31.317.7–52.6 |
| 2063 | 17.78.4–37.7 | 32.317.4–50.7 |
| 2064 | 16.85.7–33.4 | 31.817.7–47.6 |
| 2065 | 20.44.1–34.1 | 31.716.2–50.7 |
| 2066 | 19.77.3–33.3 | 34.318.4–55.3 |
| 2067 | 17.67.3–31.5 | 32.617.2–52.4 |
| 2068 | 218.6–40.4 | 33.819.2–54.3 |
| 2069 | 20.29.3–37 | 34.621.3–52.4 |
| 2070 | 17.38.4–36.9 | 32.819.3–51.1 |
| 2071 | 20.710.5–37.7 | 35.320.8–55.8 |
| 2072 | 22.912.8–36.9 | 37.820.3–54.6 |
| 2073 | 28.611.7–47.7 | 4425.6–62.1 |
| 2074 | 22.38.9–43.7 | 38.320.7–55.8 |
| 2075 | 21.44.6–39 | 34.218.7–53.1 |
| 2076 | 22.210.7–38.3 | 38.822.9–57.5 |
| 2077 | 23.911.6–40.1 | 39.124.2–60.3 |
| 2078 | 22.213.7–36.4 | 35.521.6–53.4 |
| 2079 | 25.111.5–44.4 | 40.522.9–59.7 |
| 2080 | 27.78.6–47.9 | 40.523.4–59 |
| 2081 | 22.910.4–44.8 | 38.523.8–59.9 |
| 2082 | 23.911.8–38.7 | 38.622.5–58.2 |
| 2083 | 25.610.2–42.3 | 38.518.7–62.9 |
| 2084 | 25.16.9–45 | 39.720.6–58.4 |
| 2085 | 26.810.7–43.5 | 4021.5–65.8 |
| 2086 | 25.512.3–42.2 | 40.823–63.7 |
| 2087 | 23.213.3–41 | 38.324.6–58.6 |
| 2088 | 25.98.4–46.2 | 42.222.6–66.3 |
| 2089 | 25.611.7–40.8 | 41.624.2–59.1 |
| 2090 | 26.69.9–47.9 | 42.326.1–66.4 |
| 2091 | 26.19.2–44.6 | 43.324.2–63.6 |
| 2092 | 29.916.4–46.9 | 43.928–61.6 |
| 2093 | 25.411.7–48.5 | 37.521.3–63.4 |
| 2094 | 26.711.1–45.8 | 41.325.4–65.9 |
| 2095 | 2913.5–56.7 | 43.522.9–70.2 |
| 2096 | 23.411.2–58.9 | 41.224.1–66.8 |
| 2097 | 26.610.3–42.6 | 37.723.7–60.9 |
| 2098 | 33.313–53.5 | 46.425.1–71.4 |
| 2099 | 2614.8–45.8 | 42.525.1–64.8 |
| 2100 | 27.614.4–45 | 4022.2–64.5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Days in a year whose highest temperature passes 35 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Eswatini vs South Africa
Health
- Life expectancyEswatini: 64.1 years in 2023South Africa: 66.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEswatini: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024South Africa: 3.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEswatini: 37.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Africa: 27.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEswatini: 4.07% in 2017South Africa: 3.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateEswatini: 22.3 per 100,000 people in 2017South Africa: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEswatini: 1.23 million people in 2023South Africa: 63.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthEswatini: 0.94% a year in 2023South Africa: 1.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEswatini: 2.75 births per woman in 2023South Africa: 2.22 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEswatini: 26.7% in 2025South Africa: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageEswatini: 22 years in 2023South Africa: 28.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEswatini: 4.1% in 2023South Africa: 6.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateEswatini: -6.9 per 1,000 people in 2023South Africa: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEswatini: 1.6% of GDP in 2025South Africa: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEswatini: $88.1M in 2025South Africa: $3B in 2025
- Military spending per personEswatini: $75 in 2025South Africa: $49 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEswatini: 5.2% of government spending in 2025South Africa: 2.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEswatini: 3,000 people in 1999South Africa: 89,000 people in 2020
- National powerEswatini: 0.01% of world capability in 2022South Africa: 0.55% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEswatini: 0.98% of the labour force in 1999South Africa: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEswatini: 2 million TIV in 2020South Africa: 30 million TIV in 2025