Eswatini
Kingdom of Eswatini
- Region
- Africa · Southern Africa
- Capital
- Lobamba
- Population
- 1,256,174 (2025)
- Government
- absolute monarchy
- Currencies
- Swazi lilangeni (SZL), South African rand (ZAR)
- Official languages
- English, Swazi
- Spoken languages
- English (official, used for government business), siSwati (official)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 17,364 km²
- Coastline
- Landlocked
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, COMESA, IMF, SADC, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Mozambique , South Africa
Political stability
53 / 100
Economic stability
54 / 100
Population stability
58 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- scented mixtures, raw sugar, industrial acids/oils/alcohols, garments, wood (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, electricity, plastic products, cotton fabric, garments (2023)
- Natural resources
- asbestos, coal, clay, cassiterite, hydropower, forests, small gold and diamond deposits, quarry stone, and talc
- Primary route
- Durban and Cape corridor to Asia and Europe
- Secondary route
- Regional overland corridors to inland markets
xin.bz coverage
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Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.