Eswatini vs Namibia

Eswatini and Namibia compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Namibia has about 2.5 times as many people as Eswatini: 3.1 million against 1.3 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Namibia ($4,876) is 19% higher than in Eswatini ($4,108) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Eswatini (4.2%) than in Namibia (1.7%), a difference of 2.5 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Namibia (3.5% in 2025) than in Eswatini (2.6% in 2019), a difference of 0.9 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Eswatini (34.2%) than in Namibia (19.3%), a difference of 14.9 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Namibia can expect to live 3.2 years longer than one born in Eswatini: 67.5 years against 64.3 years in 2024.
• The population of Eswatini is older: half of its people are over 22 years, against 21 years in Namibia in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Namibia (64.9%) than in Eswatini (63.4%), a difference of 1.5 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Namibia (1.2 tonnes) are 36% higher than in Eswatini (0.88 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Eswatini (25.3%) than in Namibia (9.8%), a difference of 15.5 percentage points in 2024.