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Eswatini vs Zimbabwe

114 shared metrics.

EswatiniLeads in 57

vs114 shared

ZimbabweLeads in 57

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

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Eswatini

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Eswatini.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the country name derives from 19th century King MSWATI II, under whose rule Swati territory was expanded and unified.

CIA 2026

Zimbabwe

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Zimbabwe.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Zimbabwe's 100-trillion-dollar note is a real hyperinflation artifact from 2008.

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Analysis

Eswatini and Zimbabwe are closely matched, each leading in 57 metrics.

Eswatini's Education Spending (% GDP) is 14.7x that of Zimbabwe (6.0% of GDP vs 0.38% of GDP).

Eswatini's Solar Electricity Share is 11.6x that of Zimbabwe (4.9% vs 0.39%).

Eswatini's ATMs per 100,000 Adults is 10.2x that of Zimbabwe (41.4 per 100k vs 3.7 per 100k).

Eswatini's Credit Card Ownership is 3.3x that of Zimbabwe (5.0% of adults vs 1.2% of adults).

Eswatini's Military Spending is 3.1x that of Zimbabwe (1.4% of GDP vs 0.35% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Education Spending (% GDP)Eswatini leads

Eswatini

6.0% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.38% of GDP

Solar Electricity ShareEswatini leads

Eswatini

4.9%

Zimbabwe

0.39%

ATMs per 100,000 AdultsEswatini leads

Eswatini

41.4 per 100k

Zimbabwe

3.7 per 100k

Credit Card OwnershipEswatini leads

Eswatini

5.0% of adults

Zimbabwe

1.2% of adults

Military SpendingEswatini leads

Eswatini

1.4% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.35% of GDP

Unemployment RateEswatini leads

Eswatini

34.4%

Zimbabwe

8.6%

All Metrics

Education Spending (% GDP)

Eswatini

6.0% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.38% of GDP

1467% higher

Solar Electricity Share

Eswatini

4.9%

Zimbabwe

0.39%

1162% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Eswatini

41.4 per 100k

Zimbabwe

3.7 per 100k

1017% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Eswatini

5.0% of adults

Zimbabwe

1.2% of adults

328% higher

Military Spending

Eswatini

1.4% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.35% of GDP

311% higher

Unemployment Rate

Eswatini

34.4%

Zimbabwe

8.6%

302% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Eswatini

$283.88

Zimbabwe

$70.66

302% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Eswatini

0.56 per 1k

Zimbabwe

0.14 per 1k

300% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Eswatini

54.33% of youth labor force

Zimbabwe

15.55% of youth labor force

249% higher

Beer Consumption

Eswatini

2.2 L/person/yr

Zimbabwe

0.69 L/person/yr

216% higher

Exports (% GDP)

Eswatini

53.76% of GDP

Zimbabwe

18.05% of GDP

198% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Eswatini

6.8 L/adult/yr

Zimbabwe

2.7 L/adult/yr

154% higher

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Eswatini

958.92 kg oil eq/person

Zimbabwe

416.59 kg oil eq/person

130% higher

Imports (% GDP)

Eswatini

53.72% of GDP

Zimbabwe

23.44% of GDP

129% higher

Obesity Rate

Eswatini

27.31%

Zimbabwe

12.43%

120% higher

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Eswatini

1.1K kWh/person

Zimbabwe

538.8 kWh/person

111% higher

Health Spending (% GDP)

Eswatini

7.2% of GDP

Zimbabwe

3.6% of GDP

99% higher

Inflation Rate

Zimbabwe

Eswatini

2.6%

Zimbabwe

104.7%

98% lower

Forest Area

Zimbabwe

Eswatini

5.0K km²

Zimbabwe

173.1K km²

97% lower

Land Area

Zimbabwe

Eswatini

17.2K km²

Zimbabwe

386.9K km²

96% lower

Comparison of Eswatini and Zimbabwe across 114 metrics
				Winner
Education Spending (% GDP)	6.0% of GDP	0.38% of GDP	1467% higher	Eswatini
Solar Electricity Share	4.9%	0.39%	1162% higher	Eswatini
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	41.4 per 100k	3.7 per 100k	1017% higher	Eswatini
Credit Card Ownership	5.0% of adults	1.2% of adults	328% higher	Eswatini
Military Spending	1.4% of GDP	0.35% of GDP	311% higher	Eswatini
Unemployment Rate	34.4%	8.6%	302% higher	Eswatini
Health Spending Per Capita	$283.88	$70.66	302% higher	Eswatini
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.56 per 1k	0.14 per 1k	300% higher	Eswatini
Youth Unemployment Rate	54.33% of youth labor force	15.55% of youth labor force	249% higher	Eswatini
Beer Consumption	2.2 L/person/yr	0.69 L/person/yr	216% higher	Eswatini
Exports (% GDP)	53.76% of GDP	18.05% of GDP	198% higher	Eswatini
Alcohol Consumption	6.8 L/adult/yr	2.7 L/adult/yr	154% higher	Eswatini
Energy Use (Per Capita)	958.92 kg oil eq/person	416.59 kg oil eq/person	130% higher	Eswatini
Imports (% GDP)	53.72% of GDP	23.44% of GDP	129% higher	Eswatini
Obesity Rate	27.31%	12.43%	120% higher	Eswatini
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.1K kWh/person	538.8 kWh/person	111% higher	Eswatini
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.2% of GDP	3.6% of GDP	99% higher	Eswatini
Inflation Rate	2.6%	104.7%	98% lower	Zimbabwe
Forest Area	5.0K km²	173.1K km²	97% lower	Zimbabwe
Land Area	17.2K km²	386.9K km²	96% lower	Zimbabwe
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	int. $12,529.28	int. $6,470.42	94% higher	Eswatini
Population	1.14M	17.47M	93% lower	Zimbabwe
Electricity Generation	0.56 TWh	8.3 TWh	93% lower	Zimbabwe
Coal Electricity Share	3.3%	42.88%	92% lower	Zimbabwe
Scientific Publications	43.19	563.05	92% lower	Zimbabwe
Railway Length	301 km	3.4K km	91% lower	Zimbabwe
Total CO2 Emissions	1.1 Mt CO2e	12.86 Mt CO2e	91% lower	Zimbabwe
Firms with Female Top Manager	33.95% of firms	17.77% of firms	91% higher	Eswatini
High-Tech Exports (%)	0.29%	2.8%	90% lower	Zimbabwe
Tourism Revenue	$7,300,000.19	$66,000,000	89% lower	Zimbabwe
Airports	16	147	89% lower	Zimbabwe
Electric Generating Capacity	285.0K kW	2.49M kW	89% lower	Zimbabwe
GDP (Nominal)	$4,858,885,840.77	$41,539,411,516.44	88% lower	Zimbabwe
Lowest Elevation	21 m	162 m	87% lower	Zimbabwe
Official Languages Count	2.0	16	87% lower	Zimbabwe
Sanitation Access (%)	64.46%	34.64%	86% higher	Eswatini
Protected Land (%)	4.2%	28.3%	85% lower	Zimbabwe
Homicide Rate	12.51 per 100k	6.8 per 100k	85% higher	Eswatini
Firms Asked for Bribes	7.6% of firms	44.46% of firms	83% lower	Zimbabwe
Land Border Length	546 km	3.2K km	83% lower	Zimbabwe
Water Withdrawal	1.1 B m³	4.9 B m³	78% lower	Zimbabwe
Milk Consumption per Person	56.6 kg/person/yr	31.9 kg/person/yr	77% higher	Eswatini
Freedom of Expression Index	0.11	0.41	73% lower	Zimbabwe
GDP Growth Rate	3.0%	1.7%	71% higher	Eswatini
Irrigated Land	500 km²	1.7K km²	71% lower	Zimbabwe
Population Density	71.54 /km²	42.24 /km²	69% higher	Eswatini
Firms Making Informal Payments	9.7% of firms	31.14% of firms	69% lower	Zimbabwe
Agricultural Land (%)	69.48%	41.79%	66% higher	Eswatini
Electricity Carbon Intensity	131.15 gCO2/kWh	384.02 gCO2/kWh	66% lower	Zimbabwe
Air Passengers	34.7K	92.5K	63% lower	Zimbabwe
Suicide Rate	27.23 per 100k	17.34 per 100k	57% higher	Eswatini
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	22 days/yr	55% lower	Zimbabwe
Internet Users (%)	58%	38%	53% higher	Eswatini
Electoral Democracy Index	0.13	0.27	52% lower	Zimbabwe
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% higher	Eswatini
Broadband Access (%)	3.0 per 100 people	2.0 per 100 people	50% higher	Eswatini
GNI Per Capita	$3,590	$2,400	50% higher	Eswatini
Safe Drinking Water (%)	38.22%	25.46%	50% higher	Eswatini
Border Neighbors	2.0	4.0	50% lower	Zimbabwe
Seafood Consumption per Person	4.2 kg/person/yr	2.8 kg/person/yr	49% higher	Eswatini
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	140 per 100 people	94 per 100 people	49% higher	Eswatini
Government Debt (% GDP)	35.9% of GDP	69.9% of GDP	49% lower	Zimbabwe
Nurses & Midwives	3.2 per 1k	2.1 per 1k	48% higher	Eswatini
Food Waste per Person	129.76 kg/person/yr	88.01 kg/person/yr	47% higher	Eswatini
Tourist Arrivals	345.3K	639.0K	46% lower	Zimbabwe
Women's Political Empowerment	0.39	0.73	46% lower	Zimbabwe
Electricity Access (%)	86.4%	62%	39% higher	Eswatini
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.6% of GDP	1.1% of GDP	39% higher	Eswatini
Informal Employment Share	53.3% of employed people	85% of employed people	37% lower	Zimbabwe
Political Corruption Index	0.55	0.85	35% lower	Zimbabwe
Forest Coverage (%)	29.14%	44.74%	35% lower	Zimbabwe
Liberal Democracy Index	0.10	0.15	34% lower	Zimbabwe
Urban Population (%)	26.25%	39.89%	34% lower	Zimbabwe
Spirits Consumption	0.14 L/person/yr	0.21 L/person/yr	32% lower	Zimbabwe
Digital Payments Used	61.22% of adults	46.7% of adults	31% higher	Eswatini
Teen Birth Rate	68.73 per 1k	98.06 per 1k	30% lower	Zimbabwe
Death Rate	8.3 per 1k	6.4 per 1k	30% higher	Eswatini
Highest Elevation	1.9K m	2.6K m	28% lower	Zimbabwe
Birth Rate	20.66 per 1k	28.18 per 1k	27% lower	Zimbabwe
Women in Senior Management	25.22% of managers	34.42% of managers	27% lower	Zimbabwe
Dependency Ratio	60.29% of working-age pop.	80.1% of working-age pop.	25% lower	Zimbabwe
Median Age	22.0 years	17.8 years	24% higher	Eswatini
Women in Parliament (%)	21.62%	28.09%	23% lower	Zimbabwe
Fertility Rate	2.6 children/woman	3.4 children/woman	23% lower	Zimbabwe
Renewable Energy (%)	64.7%	82.4%	21% lower	Zimbabwe
Youth Population (%)	33.35%	40.87%	18% lower	Zimbabwe
Elderly Population (%)	4.3%	3.6%	18% higher	Eswatini
Life Evaluation Score	3.9 pts	3.3 pts	17% higher	Eswatini
Capital Elevation	1.2K m	1.5K m	17% lower	Zimbabwe
Can Raise Emergency Money	71.57% of adults	86.26% of adults	17% lower	Zimbabwe
Road Traffic Death Rate	24.7 per 100k	29.9 per 100k	17% lower	Zimbabwe
Human Development Index	0.69	0.60	16% higher	Eswatini
Smoking Rate	9.5%	11.3%	16% lower	Zimbabwe
Mobile Money Accounts	50.41% of adults	43.33% of adults	16% higher	Eswatini
Firms Hit by Power Outages	58.49% of firms	52.54% of firms	11% higher	Eswatini
Insufficient Physical Activity	19.22% of adults	17.65% of adults	9% higher	Eswatini
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.74 hrs/week	46.16 hrs/week	7% lower	Zimbabwe
Infant Mortality	43.5 per 1k births	40.6 per 1k births	7% higher	Eswatini
Vehicles per 1,000 People	86.85 per 1k people	80.92 per 1k people	7% higher	Eswatini
Corruption Perceptions Index	23 pts	22 pts	5% higher	Eswatini
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	18.78 µg/m³	19.49 µg/m³	4% lower	Zimbabwe
Child Mortality	45 per 1k births	44.2 per 1k births	2% higher	Eswatini
Life Expectancy	64.1 years	62.8 years	2% higher	Eswatini
CO2 Per Capita	0.84 t/person/yr	0.82 t/person/yr	2% higher	Eswatini
Tobacco Use Prevalence	10.7% of adults	10.8% of adults	1% lower	Zimbabwe
Hypertension Prevalence	43.7% of adults	43.2% of adults	1% higher	Eswatini
Water Stress (%)	40.45%	40.05%	1% higher	Eswatini
Coastline Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	Eswatini
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Eswatini
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.06 per 1M people	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.6% of GDP	4.0% of GDP	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	5.0 sites	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Eswatini

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Analysis

Eswatini and Zimbabwe are closely matched, each leading in 57 metrics.

Eswatini's Education Spending (% GDP) is 14.7x that of Zimbabwe (6.0% of GDP vs 0.38% of GDP).

Eswatini's Solar Electricity Share is 11.6x that of Zimbabwe (4.9% vs 0.39%).

Eswatini's ATMs per 100,000 Adults is 10.2x that of Zimbabwe (41.4 per 100k vs 3.7 per 100k).

Eswatini's Credit Card Ownership is 3.3x that of Zimbabwe (5.0% of adults vs 1.2% of adults).

Eswatini's Military Spending is 3.1x that of Zimbabwe (1.4% of GDP vs 0.35% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Education Spending (% GDP)Eswatini leads

Eswatini

6.0% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.38% of GDP

Solar Electricity ShareEswatini leads

Eswatini

4.9%

Zimbabwe

0.39%

ATMs per 100,000 AdultsEswatini leads

Eswatini

41.4 per 100k

Zimbabwe

3.7 per 100k

Credit Card OwnershipEswatini leads

Eswatini

5.0% of adults

Zimbabwe

1.2% of adults

Military SpendingEswatini leads

Eswatini

1.4% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.35% of GDP

Unemployment RateEswatini leads

Eswatini

34.4%

Zimbabwe

8.6%

Education Spending (% GDP)

6.0% of GDP

0.38% of GDP

Solar Electricity Share

4.9%

0.39%

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

41.4 per 100k

3.7 per 100k

Credit Card Ownership

5.0% of adults

1.2% of adults

Military Spending

1.4% of GDP

0.35% of GDP

Unemployment Rate

34.4%

8.6%

Health Spending Per Capita

$283.88

$70.66

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.56 per 1k

0.14 per 1k

Youth Unemployment Rate

54.33% of youth labor force

15.55% of youth labor force

Beer Consumption

2.2 L/person/yr

0.69 L/person/yr

Exports (% GDP)

53.76% of GDP

18.05% of GDP

Alcohol Consumption

6.8 L/adult/yr

2.7 L/adult/yr

Energy Use (Per Capita)

958.92 kg oil eq/person

416.59 kg oil eq/person

Imports (% GDP)

53.72% of GDP

23.44% of GDP

Obesity Rate

27.31%

12.43%

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

1.1K kWh/person

538.8 kWh/person

Health Spending (% GDP)

7.2% of GDP

3.6% of GDP

Inflation Rate

2.6%

104.7%

Forest Area

5.0K km²

173.1K km²

Land Area

17.2K km²

386.9K km²

Eswatini vs Zimbabwe

What matters for both sides

Eswatini

Zimbabwe

Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Education Spending (% GDP)

Solar Electricity Share

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Credit Card Ownership

Military Spending

Unemployment Rate

Health Spending Per Capita

Doctors (per 1,000)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Beer Consumption

Exports (% GDP)

Alcohol Consumption

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Imports (% GDP)

Obesity Rate

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Inflation Rate

Forest Area

Land Area

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Population

Electricity Generation

Coal Electricity Share

Scientific Publications

Railway Length

Total CO2 Emissions

Firms with Female Top Manager

High-Tech Exports (%)

Tourism Revenue

Airports

Electric Generating Capacity

GDP (Nominal)

Lowest Elevation

Official Languages Count

Sanitation Access (%)

Protected Land (%)

Homicide Rate

Firms Asked for Bribes

Land Border Length

Water Withdrawal

Milk Consumption per Person

Freedom of Expression Index

GDP Growth Rate

Irrigated Land

Population Density

Firms Making Informal Payments

Agricultural Land (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Air Passengers

Suicide Rate

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Internet Users (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

Time Zones Count

Broadband Access (%)

GNI Per Capita

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Border Neighbors

Seafood Consumption per Person

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Nurses & Midwives

Food Waste per Person

Tourist Arrivals

Women's Political Empowerment

Electricity Access (%)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Informal Employment Share

Political Corruption Index

Forest Coverage (%)

Liberal Democracy Index

Urban Population (%)