Environment in Eswatini

1,652 indicators covering environment for Eswatini.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Export value 395 1000 USD 2024 up 2,533.3% 48th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0 % 2015 down 100.0% 106th
Soil working equipment (trade) — Export Value 9 1000 USD 2007 down 94.6% 112th
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 0.0% 2017 92nd
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 0.0% 2017 123rd
PM2.5 pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO Interim 100.0% 2017 unchanged 1st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0 % 2015 down 100.0% 105th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0 % 2015 down 100.0% 104th
Gross Output (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 6,148 million SLC 2022 up 0.3% 80th
Gross Output (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 481.89 million USD 2022 up 0.3% 98th
Forest certified for sustainable use 127,350 thousands of hectares 2024 up 11.0% 60th
Forest area certified under an independently verified certification 127.35 2024 up 11.0% 66th
Lakes and rivers permanent water area change -27.8% 2022 down 620.2% 242nd
Lakes and rivers seasonal water area change 23.9% 2022 up 295.8% 206th
Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Export quantity 0.4 t 2023 down 84.6% 106th
Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Export value 2.14 1000 USD 2023 down 93.5% 108th
Mercury compounds etc. excl. amalgams — Import quantity 5.98 t 2023 down 85.1% 26th
Mercury compounds etc. excl. amalgams — Import value 2.8 1000 USD 2023 down 97.2% 84th
Insecticides — Export value 24.72 1000 USD 2007 down 74.2% 116th
Gross Output (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 5.52 % 2022 down 51.9% 30th
Gross Output (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 5.52 % 2022 down 51.9% 30th
Exposure to outdoor air pollution in urban areas 15.33 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 up 6.9% 105th
Per capita plastic waste exports and imports by income group 0.0188 kilograms 2023 down 87.7% 103rd
Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS 494.86 1000 ha 2019 113th
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area 9.22 1000 ha 2019 158th
Shrub-covered areas — Area from CGLS 116.59 1000 ha 2019 96th
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 4.39 1000 ha 2019 148th
Terrestrial barren land — Area from CGLS 0.01 1000 ha 2019 155th
Inland water bodies — Area from CGLS 4.12 1000 ha 2019 154th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Export quantity 803,816 m3 2024 up 66.2% 1st
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Export value 36,183 1000 USD 2024 up 113.5% 5th
Share of plastic waste exports 0.0% 2023 up 162.3% 98th
Sodium nitrate — Export quantity 0.3 t 2011 down 99.3% 58th
Insecticides — Export quantity 5.54 t 2007 down 60.6% 110th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Import quantity 404,216 m3 2024 up 235.5% 1st
Wood fuel, coniferous — Import value 8,925 1000 USD 2024 up 102.1% 8th
Antimalarial insecticides — Import quantity 2.23 t 2023 down 72.9% 101st
Antimalarial insecticides — Import value 42.58 1000 USD 2023 down 66.7% 94th
Ethylene dichloride — Import quantity 0.0134 t 2018 down 99.2% 77th
Ethylene dichloride — Import value 0.2164 1000 USD 2018 down 72.1% 76th
Disinfectants, etc — Export value 7.28 1000 USD 2007 down 61.7% 110th
Freshwater Fish — Stock Variation 0 1000 t 2023 1st
Cropland area under organic agric. — Area 7.51 1000 ha 2024 up 3,852.6% 67th
Above-ground forest biomass 82.57 tonnes per hectare 2025 down 0.4% 141st
Above-ground biomass in forest 82.57 2025 down 0.4% 154th
Forest area 433.07 2025 down 3.3% 157th
Forest area as a proportion of total land area 25.2% 2025 down 3.3% 139th
Share of forest area within protected areas 5.1% 2025 up 43.7% 161st
Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas 5.1% 2025 up 43.7% 162nd
Legislation, Regulation, Act related to the prevention of 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Hazardous pesticides — Export quantity 7.12 t 2023 down 27.5% 49th
Hazardous pesticides — Export value 89.25 1000 USD 2023 up 43.2% 47th
Disinfectants, etc — Export quantity 1.37 t 2007 down 87.7% 116th
Rail lines density (total route in km per 100 square km of land area) 1.7 km 2011 unchanged 42nd
Cropland area certified organic — Area 5.88 1000 ha 2024 up 2,994.7% 65th
Ozone (O₃) concentration 51 ppb 2015 up 4.1% 113th
Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development 5.01 2024 up 65.7% 105th
Superphosphates, other — Import quantity 55.85 t 2023 down 84.8% 63rd
Superphosphates, other — Import value 14.52 1000 USD 2023 down 90.2% 68th
15.4.2a Mountain green cover area: Montane; Land Cover: Artificial 0.2 km2 2021 unchanged 98th