Eswatini, year by year

Every index this site holds for Eswatini, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.570 in 1990 to 0.695 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 64.3 years2024at birthUp 20.3 years from 44 years in 2005
Internet users: 63%2024of people onlineUp 60 points from 4% in 2006
Urban population: 27%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 5 points from 22% in 2006
Births per woman: 2.722024births per womanDown 0.98 from 3.70 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 65%2022of energy usedDown 2 points from 67% in 2004
Access to electricity: 89%2024of people with electricityUp 55 points from 34% in 2005
Infant mortality: 422024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 30 from 72 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.9 t2024of CO2 per person a yearLevel with 2005
Forest area: 29%2023of land under forestUp 1 point from 28% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 3 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.570	61.2	—	—	5.30	62.2	—	57	1.3	26.8	—	—
1991	0.565	60.4	—	23.0	5.13	61.8	—	56	1.2	26.9	—	—
1992	0.558	59.3	—	23.0	4.98	63.2	—	56	1.0	26.9	—	—
1993	0.550	58.1	—	23.0	4.82	62.2	—	58	0.8	27.0	—	—
1994	0.543	56.6	—	23.0	4.66	55.3	—	60	1.5	27.1	—	—
1995	0.540	55.1	0.0	23.1	4.52	54.6	—	62	1.5	27.2	—	—
1996	0.532	53.3	0.1	23.1	4.38	63.0	—	65	1.1	27.2	—	—
1997	0.523	51.7	0.1	23.1	4.24	55.0	—	68	1.1	27.3	—	—
1998	0.511	50.1	0.1	23.0	4.13	56.8	—	69	1.2	27.4	—	—
1999	0.504	48.8	0.5	22.9	4.09	56.0	—	71	1.2	27.4	—	—
2000	0.493	47.6	0.9	22.8	4.03	60.1	20	72	1.1	27.5	—	—
2001	0.484	46.3	1.3	22.7	3.94	60.9	27	73	1.1	27.6	—	—
2002	0.473	45.4	1.8	22.6	3.85	63.6	26	73	1.0	27.7	—	—
2003	0.469	44.6	2.4	22.4	3.80	66.5	29	74	0.9	27.7	—	—
2004	0.467	43.9	3.2	22.3	3.76	66.6	31	73	0.9	27.8	—	—
2005	0.472	44.0	3.7	22.2	3.70	67.0	34	72	0.9	27.9	—	—
2006	0.485	44.6	3.7	22.1	3.63	66.8	35	63	0.9	27.9	2965	6319
2007	0.497	45.2	4.1	22.1	3.58	66.9	40	64	0.9	28.0	3109	6732
2008	0.507	45.9	6.8	22.2	3.57	67.8	43	66	0.9	28.1	2947	6914
2009	0.519	46.9	8.9	22.2	3.50	66.7	39	64	0.9	28.1	3190	7011
2010	0.534	48.3	11.0	22.3	3.38	68.5	46	60	0.8	28.2	3923	7324
2011	0.545	49.1	18.1	22.5	3.32	69.3	51	55	0.7	28.3	4225	7571
2012	0.562	50.7	20.8	22.6	3.27	68.8	54	56	0.7	28.4	4225	7760
2013	0.578	52.1	24.7	22.8	3.24	66.1	58	55	0.8	28.4	3950	8231
2014	0.592	53.5	25.0	23.0	3.18	68.3	65	57	0.9	28.5	3771	8366
2015	0.607	54.9	25.6	23.3	3.12	68.8	64	54	0.9	28.6	3420	8391
2016	0.619	56.2	28.6	23.5	3.07	64.3	63	51	0.9	28.6	3238	8484
2017	0.631	57.6	35.3	23.8	3.02	65.3	74	51	0.9	28.7	3853	8584
2018	0.643	58.7	39.4	24.1	2.97	65.7	74	48	0.9	28.8	3973	8535
2019	0.653	59.9	43.9	24.4	2.93	64.4	77	48	1.0	28.9	3913	9248
2020	0.657	59.9	49.0	24.7	2.89	63.7	80	47	0.8	28.9	3467	9329
2021	0.658	58.2	54.0	25.0	2.84	65.4	83	46	0.8	29.0	3984	9990
2022	0.695	63.0	57.3	25.4	2.80	64.7	82	46	0.9	29.1	3894	10634
2023	0.695	64.1	61.3	25.8	2.75	—	86	45	0.9	29.1	3756	11309
2024	—	64.3	63.4	26.3	2.72	—	89	42	0.9	—	3910	11823
2025	—	—	—	26.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	4108	12529
On the profile	0.695	64.3	63.4	26.7	2.72	64.7	—	—	0.9	29.1	4108	12529

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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