Eswatini

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With narcotics accounting for about half, the nominal GDP of 18.9 billion ranks Afghanistan as the 118th highest state internationally. In relative terms, Afghanistan represents 0.023% of the global GDP. Below, the GDP of all states is displayed.

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Military spending

ESwatini spends around US$87 million, or around 2.3 percent of its GDP on its military. This makes eSwatini the 138th highest military spender in the world.

The Army of eSwatini, the Swaziland defence force, has the main tasks of protecting the king of eSwatini, ensuring domestic stability and maintaining its border integrity.

Military membership

ESwatini is a member of four international military organizations which makes it the 111th most militarily interconnected state in the world. It is a member of the following organizations:

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
International Atomic Energy Agency
Non-Aligned Movement

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International wars

Since its independence, eSwatini has not partaken in any international wars.

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Membership (international political organizations)

ESwatini is one of the least politically interconnected states in the world. As a member of seven international political organizations, it is ranked as the 185th highest. It is a member of the following organizations:

Member state of the United Nations
International Labour Organization
African Union
Commonwealth of Nations
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Interpol
World Organization for Animal Health

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Despite annulling the Constitution, elections to the House of assembly still take place. These elections appoint 55 of the 65 members into the House of assembly with the remaining 10 being directly appointed by the king. This makes eSwatini the 149th most democratic state in the world.

Democracy/Dictatorship

Since its independence in 1968 until 1973, eSwatini has had a constitutional monarchy. Since 1973 however, the Constitution has been annulled by the King which has become the supreme ruler of eSwatini.

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Known for being home to some of the largest wildlife reserves of Africa, Eswatini or formerly known as Swaziland has been in existence for nearly 150 years. As a result of intertribal warfare between the Mswazi people and the Zulu people, the British and South African government sided with the Mswazi people and guaranteed their independence at the end of the 19th century. Since then, it became a protectorate under the South African government and later on the part of British colonial rule until 1968 when it became a fully independent monarchy. Since its independence, the king of eSwatini became an absolute ruler over the kingdom and has dominated the political and economic sphere. Currently, eSwatini is among the states with the highest wealth disparities and has the highest prevalence of HIV AIDS. .

Along its Western part it has low-lying mountains and low-lying terrain from its center towards its eastern border. Its geography is mainly made up of savanna, but some lightly forested areas can be found in the north. It is a landlocked state with South Africa surrounding all of its borders with the exception of Mozambique on its eastern border.

It has a total surface area of 17,451 square kilometers or 6738 square miles which makes it the 153rd largest state in the world being slightly smaller than Kuwait and slightly larger than the Bahamas.

It has 161 square kilometers or 62 square miles of water within its territory. This makes eSwatini the 135th state with the highest amount of water.

Below, a graph is shown which displays the absolute amount of water of each state in square kilometers and square miles.

With water covering nearly 1 percent of its surface which largely consists of rivers and lakes, eSwatini has made use of hydroelectric dams as well as irrigation to the dryer areas.

Afghanistan's share of water, as well as the other states are displayed below.

With an annual precipitation of 92 centimetres or 36.4 inches, eSwatini is the 107th state with the highest amount of rainfall.

The capital of eSwatini, Mbabane is home to 75,000 people. The capital that is closest located to Mbabane is Maputo Mozambique with a distance of 86 miles or 140 kilometers. The capital that is furthest removed from Mbabane is Tallinn Estonia with a distance of 15,307 kilometers or 9512 miles.

The average low temperature is 14 degrees Celsius or 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit mainly occurs from June to August.

ESwatini enjoys a subtropical climate which is largely influenced by the Indian Ocean. The average temperature is 20.6 degrees Celsius or 69 degrees Fahrenheit which makes it the 105th highest in the world.

The average high temperature is in the period from December until February and goes up to 23.8 degrees Celsius or 74.8 degrees Fahrenheit.

The economy of eSwatini is a developing economy. Because of its large border with South Africa, most of its trade is also done with South Africa which accounts for around 70 percent of its imports as well as its exports. The goods that are mainly traded are sugar and minerals. Economically, the currency of eSwatini is pegged with the South African currency and a large part of its GDP comes from remittances from south Africa. Because of its high dependency on South Africa, its economy has shrunk during the economic crisis of 2008. Other factors that have impacted its economy in recent decades were droughts, floods and a misallocation of natural resources for its livestock.

ESwatini is the 157th most economically interconnected state in the world and is a member of 10 international organizations. These are:

Alliance for Financial Inclusion
African development Bank
International Monetary Fund
World Bank Group
World Customs Organization
World Trade Organization
Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Southern African Development Community
International Renewable Energy Agency
Group of 77

Its GDP per surface area is the 158th highest in the world and is estimated to be around US$300,000 per square kilometer or nearly US$500,000 per square mile.

Its GDP per capita is estimated to be US$4126 which makes it the 113th highest in the world. However, there is a large skewness towards a small but wealthy minority within the population.

The absolute earnings (GDP per capita) reflect the average yearly income. The figure below shows how much, on average, an inhabitant of another state earns for every $1 earned by a citizen of this state.

Its purchasing power is estimated to be the 125th highest in the world and stands at 9286US dollars.

The relative Gross Domestic Product in Purchasing Power Parity compares the purchasing power of this state with that of the rest of the world. The graph on the left shows how much purchasing power of 1$ compared to the purchasing power of other states

ESwatini has a total population of 1.2 million people which makes it the 156th most populous state in the world. It has also one of the lowest urbanization rates which stand at 24.3 percent and the ranks eSwatini as the 179th most urbanized state in the world. The official language of eSwatini is siSwati. Other languages such as English are also spoken but are mainly used in business practices. Its population is mainly made up of Swazi people that are further divided into more than 50 clans.

Its population density is 66 people per square kilometer or 171 people per square mile making it the 115th most densely populated state.

Nearly 100,000 people, or 8.4 percent of its population has migrated to other states. The state that is most popular for migration is South Africa. Because of structural high unemployment rates in eSwatini, many people migrated to South Africa because of its economic prospect as well as job opportunities.

Around 23,000 people have migrated to eSwatini and make up nearly 2 percent of the total population. These are people that re-migrated from South Africa to eSwatini as well as refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique.

Because of its history with Great Britain, eSwatini has based its educational system on the British educational system. Despite not being available throughout eSwatini, it still has the 125th highest literacy rate in the world standing at 87.3 percent.

ESwatini has the 187th highest life expectancy in the world. The largest factor that impacts the health of the people of eSwatini is HIV which is prevalent among nearly 30 percent of the population. This, in combination with limited access to healthcare puts the average life expectancy at 61.1 years with women reaching 65.7 years and men reaching 57 years.

The government of eSwatini provides freedom of religion towards all religions. However, discrimination between the Christian majority and other religions have been reported in the recent decades.

Christianity is the largest religion in eSwatini and is practiced by 87.2 percent of the population. This makes eSwatini the 26th most Christian state in the world. Christianity was first introduced in eSwatini at the start of the 19th century with the arrival of Christian missionaries. However, throughout the 19th century conversions took place in eSwatini. At the turn of the 19th century, conversion to Christianity started to lift off and several churches from the Catholic and the Lutheran denomination were established. However, the Zionist church is the largest Christian denomination in eSwatini and represents nearly 50 percent of all Christians.

Around 4.1 percent of the population adheres to Islam with the Sunni branch being the largest denomination. These Muslims arrived to eSwatini with the resettlement policies by the British Empire. Other Muslim migrants arrived from neighbouring Malawi and settled in eSwatini looking for job opportunities.

There are no official Buddhist organizations known in eSwatini.

There are no official Hindu organizations in eSwatini.

There are less than 100 Jews residing in eSwatini which mainly consists of businessmen and refugees as the result of the second world war. These Jews represent a total of 0.001 percent of the population.

As a result of conversion efforts to Christianity during the last two centuries, many indigenous beliefs have blended with Christianity. Presently, nearly 1 percent of the population adheres to other religions which are mainly based on animal sacrifice as well as praying for the natural elements.

Around 6.7 percent of the population does not adhere to any faith.