Portulans Institute

Eswatini

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Sub-Saharan Africa
Population (Total) 1,242,822
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 12,246

Performance Overview

ISO3

SWZ

Country

Eswatini

Score

31.42

Rank

111

Input

102

Output

122

Enable

38.33

Attract

52.62

Grow

22.16

Retain

33.36

VT

27.84

GA

14.21

Pillar: Enable Score: 38.33Rank: 106
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Regulatory Landscape

36.46 105

1. Government effectiveness

30.27116

2. Rule of law

37.73101

3. Political stability

57.1087

4. Regulatory quality

30.19109

5. Corruption

27.00107

Market Landscape

28.84 117

1. Extent of market dominance

31.89122

2. Domestic credit to private sector

7.03111

3. Cluster development

41.9595

4. R&D expenditure

4.1382

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

93.3063

6. Internet access in schools

11.9882

7. Urbanisation

11.61128

Business & Labour Landscape

49.70 53

1. Labour rights

80.6073

2. Labour-employer cooperation

52.45106

3. Professional management

62.0854

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

44.0391

5. Enterprise software

n/an/a

6. Cloud computing

n/an/a

7. Firms with website

9.32110
Pillar: Attract Score: 52.62Rank: 62
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External Openness

44.94 57

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

61.8274

2. Financial globalisation

68.0151

3. Migrant stock

4.9888

4. International students

n/an/a

5. Brain gain

n/an/a

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

60.30 75

1. Tolerance of minorities

81.917

2. Tolerance of immigrants

58.4664

3. Social mobility

48.12108

4. Economic empowerment of women

46.25130

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

75.7267

6. Leadership opportunities for women

51.36121
Pillar: Grow Score: 22.16Rank: 112
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Formal Education

7.71 106

1. Vocational enrolment

0.00126

2. Tertiary enrolment

n/an/a

3. Tertiary education expenditure

23.1430

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

0.0079

Lifelong Learning

27.53 103

1. Business masters education

0.0064

2. Prevalence of training in firms

31.5866

3. Employee development

51.02106

Access to Growth Opportunities

31.24 116

1. Delegation of authority

57.7064

2. Youth inclusion

18.59119

3. Use of virtual social networks

35.54102

4. Use of virtual professional networks

13.1481
Pillar: Retain Score: 33.36Rank: 112
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Sustainability

47.47 76

1. Pension coverage

100.001

2. Social protection

33.5090

3. Brain retention

n/an/a

4. Environmental performance

38.70102

5. Vulnerable employment

63.7375

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

37.5286

7. Household Financial Resilience

11.36104

Lifestyle

19.24 130

1. Personal rights

9.14126

2. Personal safety

6.54130

3. Physician density

8.41102

4. Sanitation

59.23109

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

12.88124
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 27.84Rank: 128
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Mid-level Skills

11.35 120

1. Workforce with secondary education

1.25130

2. Population with secondary education

n/an/a

3. Technicians and associate professionals

21.4587

4. Labour productivity per employee

n/an/a

Employability

44.34 123

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

49.5295

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

38.7289

3. Skills matching

63.8660

4. Highly educated unemployment

25.25118
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 14.21Rank: 110
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High-level Skills

17.71 109

1. Workforce with tertiary education

26.8779

2. Soft Skills

n/an/a

3. Professionals

21.6869

4. Researchers

1.2889

5. Senior officials and managers

21.0065

6. Digital skills

n/an/a

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

10.70 112

1. ICT services exports

0.83131

2. Mobile apps development

53.8999

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

0.75113

4. High-value exports

0.39128

5. Software development

0.81117

6. New business density

17.0143

7. Scientific journal articles

1.24100

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