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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Eswatini fits inside Mozambique 46 times

Eswatini: 17,364 km² (2024) · Mozambique: 799,380 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Eswatini: 0 km (2026 edition) · Mozambique: 2,470 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Mozambique’s highest peak towers 574 m above Eswatini’s

Eswatini: 1,862 m (2026 edition) · Mozambique: 2,436 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 70% of Eswatini, versus 56% of Mozambique

Eswatini: 69.6% (2024) · Mozambique: 56.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Mozambique has 28 times as many people as Eswatini

Eswatini: 1.26 million (2025) · Mozambique: 35.6 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Eswatini is 61% more densely populated than Mozambique

Eswatini: 73 per km² (2025) · Mozambique: 45 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Eswatini are 5.1 cm taller than in Mozambique

Eswatini: 169.4 cm (2019) · Mozambique: 164.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Eswatini are 3.5 cm taller than in Mozambique

Eswatini: 158.9 cm (2019) · Mozambique: 155.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Eswatini is 5.7 years older than in Mozambique

Eswatini: 22 years (2023) · Mozambique: 16.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Mozambique have 2.0 more children on average than in Eswatini

Eswatini: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Mozambique: 4.69 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

4.3% of people in Eswatini are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Mozambique

Eswatini: 4.3% (2025) · Mozambique: 2.7% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Eswatini hosts 7.9 times as many refugees per resident as Mozambique

Eswatini: 1.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Mozambique: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Eswatini and Mozambique are practically level

Eswatini: 0 (2026) · Mozambique: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Eswatini has 2 official languages, Mozambique 1

Eswatini: 2 (2026) · Mozambique: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Mozambique’s economy is 4.3 times the size of Eswatini’s

Eswatini: $5.16 billion (2025) · Mozambique: $22.3 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Eswatini produces 7.4 times as much per person as Mozambique

Eswatini: Int$12,529 (2025) · Mozambique: Int$1,698 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Eswatini than in Mozambique (Gini 5 points higher)

Eswatini: 54.6 (2016) · Mozambique: 49.6 (2022)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Eswatini: no data · Mozambique: 81.4% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 34% in Eswatini, versus 6.6% in Mozambique

Eswatini: 34.2% (2025) · Mozambique: 6.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Mozambique and Eswatini are practically level

Eswatini: 1.6% (2025) · Mozambique: 1.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Eswatini’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Mozambique’s 22%

Eswatini: 24.3% (2021) · Mozambique: 21.8% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Mozambique’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Eswatini’s

Eswatini: 33% (2025) · Mozambique: 37% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Eswatini spends 5.6 times as much on health per person as Mozambique

Eswatini: $296 (2023) · Mozambique: $53 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Eswatini live 0.47 years longer than in Mozambique

Eswatini: 64.3 years (2024) · Mozambique: 63.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Mozambique is 4% more likely to die before turning one than in Eswatini

Eswatini: 42.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Mozambique: 43.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Eswatini has 3.2 times as many doctors per person as Mozambique

Eswatini: 0.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Mozambique: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Eswatini: no data · Mozambique: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Eswatini is 38% higher than in Mozambique

Eswatini: 23 per 100k (2023) · Mozambique: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

27% of adults in Eswatini are obese, versus 9.4% in Mozambique

Eswatini: 27.1% (2024) · Mozambique: 9.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

12% of adults in Eswatini smoke, versus 11% in Mozambique

Eswatini: 11.5% (2024) · Mozambique: 10.5% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Mozambique rate their lives 1.43 points higher than in Eswatini

Eswatini: 3.91 (2025) · Mozambique: 5.34 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Eswatini drink 3.1 times as much alcohol as in Mozambique

Eswatini: 6.1 litres (2023) · Mozambique: 2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Eswatini has 2.2 times as much meat per person as Mozambique

Eswatini: 22.4 kg (2023) · Mozambique: 10.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Eswatini has 388 kcal more food per person per day than Mozambique

Eswatini: 2,574 kcal (2023) · Mozambique: 2,186 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Eswatini: no data · Mozambique: 1,507 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Eswatini went to school 4.1 years longer than in Mozambique

Eswatini: 8.7 years (2023) · Mozambique: 4.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Eswatini welcomed 4.8 times as many tourists per resident as Mozambique (2019)

Eswatini: 0.32 (2022) · Mozambique: 0.07 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Mozambique has 2 more World Heritage sites than Eswatini (2 against 0)

Eswatini: 0 (2026) · Mozambique: 2 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Mozambique has won 2 Olympic medals, Eswatini none

Eswatini: 0 (2026 edition) · Mozambique: 2 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

63% of people in Eswatini are online, versus 21% in Mozambique

Eswatini: 63% (2024) · Mozambique: 21% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Mozambique is 5% faster than in Eswatini

Eswatini: 68 Mbps (2026) · Mozambique: 72 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

89% of people in Eswatini have electricity, versus 37% in Mozambique

Eswatini: 89.3% (2024) · Mozambique: 36.9% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

37% of people in Mozambique live in cities, versus 27% in Eswatini

Eswatini: 27% (2025) · Mozambique: 37% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Eswatini has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mozambique 50

Eswatini: 140 (2024) · Mozambique: 50 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Mozambique’s railway network is 10 times as long as Eswatini’s

Eswatini: 300 km (2011) · Mozambique: 3,116 km (2011)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Eswatini fly 45% more passengers per resident than those from Mozambique

Eswatini: 0.03 (2023) · Mozambique: 0.02 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 41% of Mozambique, but only 25% of Eswatini

Eswatini: 25.3% (2024) · Mozambique: 41.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Eswatini emits 3.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Mozambique

Eswatini: 0.8 t (2024) · Mozambique: 0.2 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

97% of Eswatini’s electricity is renewable, versus 83% in Mozambique

Eswatini: 96.7% (2024) · Mozambique: 83.4% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Eswatini carries 18% more fine dust than in Mozambique

Eswatini: 20 µg/m³ (2024) · Mozambique: 17 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Eswatini: 12.5 per 100k (2021) · Mozambique: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Eswatini are 26% deadlier than in Mozambique

Eswatini: 33.6 per 100k (2023) · Mozambique: 26.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Mozambique is on average 4.3 °C warmer than Eswatini

Eswatini: 20.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mozambique: 24.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Mozambique gets 5% more rain than Eswatini

Eswatini: 872 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mozambique: 918 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Eswatini bigger than Mozambique?

Mozambique is larger. Eswatini fits inside Mozambique 46 times.

Which has more people, Eswatini or Mozambique?

Mozambique has 28 times as many people as Eswatini (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Eswatini or Mozambique?

People in Eswatini live 0.47 years longer than in Mozambique. Life expectancy at birth is 64.3 years in Eswatini and 63.8 in Mozambique.

Are people taller in Eswatini or Mozambique?

Men in Eswatini are 5.1 cm taller than in Mozambique (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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