Environment in Eswatini 33 indicators covering environment for Eswatini. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.34 Percentage change 2025 up 186.7% 2nd Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.06 Percentage change 2025 up 189.3% 4th Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.89 Percentage change 2024 down 21.1% 36th Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.54 Percentage change 2024 down 79.3% 41st Land use hidden — Total area 17,360 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 11th Land use hidden — Cropland 1,950 Square kilometres 2023 up 1.0% 9th Land use hidden — Land area 17,200 Square kilometres 2023 unchanged 11th Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures 10,000 Square kilometres 2023 down 2.5% 5th Land use hidden — Other areas 238.1 Square kilometres 2023 up 99.6% 12th Land use hidden — Other areas, annual growth rate -4.84 % change on previous year 2023 down 174.4% 211th Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% 12th Land use hidden — Land area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 11th Land use hidden — Cropland, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 67th Land use hidden — Total area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 10th Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 4,054 Square kilometres 2023 up 8.8% 8th Land use hidden — Planted Forest 957.5 Square kilometres 2023 down 17.7% 8th Land use hidden — Forest 5,012 Square kilometres 2023 up 2.5% 8th River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 1.38 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 up 3.9% 59th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 8.78 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 18.0% 16th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 2.86 Percentage of GDP 2021 up 34.0% 7th Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 75.1 Square kilometres 2024 up 75,000.0% 8th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 1,720 Hectares 2020 unchanged 27th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 497.56 Hectares 2020 up 2.5% 24th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 190 Hectares 2020 unchanged 25th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 175 Hectares 2020 unchanged 25th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 1,222 Hectares 2020 unchanged 25th Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 28.78 Square kilometres 2023 — 8th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 123.97 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 down 22.0% 9th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 294.11 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 up 3.2% 14th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 29 - National wealth 1.19 US dollar 2018 up 7.2% 24th Land cover and land cover change — Grassland 2,294 Square kilometres 2022 up 0.1% 57th Land cover and land cover change — Gain of artificial surfaces 24.53 Square kilometres 2022 up 219.9% 54th Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland 170.28 Square kilometres 2022 up 58.7% 52nd