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1. www.worldbank.org › en › countryEswatini Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank

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   Apr 1, 2024 · Overview. Eswatini is a small, open economy bordering South Africa and Mozambique. The country has a population of around 1.2 million, with an estimated per capita (Gross Domestic Product) GDP of $3,823 in 2023. Slightly more than half the economy is concentrated in services, and industry (particularly manufacturing) comprises another third.

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   Dec 16, 2021 · King MSWATI III renamed the country from Swaziland to Eswatini in April 2018. Despite its classification as a lower-middle income country, Eswatini suffers from severe poverty and high unemployment. Eswatini has the world's highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate, although recent years have shown marked declines in new infections.

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   How did Swaziland get its name?

   • The country derives its name from a later King, Mswati 1. However, Ngwane is an alternative name for Swaziland and Dlamini remains the surname of the royal family, while the name Nkosi means King. The historical evolution of the autonomy of the Swaziland Nation was dictated by British rule of southern Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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   • The nearest harbour is at Maputo which is about 235 kilometres from Mbabane, the administrative capital and 200 kilometer from Matsapha, the country’s main industrial area. Swaziland is one of Africa’s stable countries and enjoys a sound investment climate, and offers: Expropriation, and Nationalization is prohibited by law.

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   When did Swaziland become a part of South Africa?

   • However, controversial land and mineral rights concessions were made under the authority of the Foreign Jurisdiction Act of 1890 in terms of which the administration of Swaziland was also placed under that of the then South African Republic (Transvaal).

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   • Inequality in consumption per capita and access to public services remains high. Eswatini is among the most unequal countries in the world, with a Gini index of 54.6 in 2016. Disparities in access to basic public services across income groups and geographic locations persist, although access is being expanded.

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   Eswatini is a lower middle income country. As of 2017, more than one-quarter of the adult population was infected by HIV/AIDS; Eswatini has the world’s highest HIV prevalence rate, a financial strain and source of economic instability. The manufacturing sector diversified in the 1980s and 1990s, but manufacturing has grown little in the last ...

5. www.cia.gov › the-world-factbook › aboutEswatini - 2022 World Factbook Archive

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   Dec 21, 2022 · King MSWATI III renamed the country from Swaziland to Eswatini in April 2018. Despite its classification as a lower-middle income country, Eswatini suffers from severe poverty and high unemployment. Eswatini has the world's highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate, although recent years have shown marked declines in new infections.

6. www.un.int › eswatini › swazilandCountry Facts | eSwatini

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   Apr 5, 2019 · The country derives its name from a later King, Mswati 1. However, Ngwane is an alternative name for Swaziland and Dlamini remains the surname of the royal family, while the name Nkosi means King. The historical evolution of the autonomy of the Swaziland Nation was dictated by British rule of southern Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries.

   • Area: 17,363 sq km
   • Land boundaries: 535 km

   • Borders: Mozambique 105 kms, South Africa 430 kms

7. data.un.org › CountryProfileUNdata | country profile | Swaziland - United Nations

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   Environmental indicators; Mobile-cellular subscriptions (per 100 inhabitants) 2014: 72.3: Estimate. Individuals using the Internet (%) 2014: 27.1: Estimate.

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   The Kingdom of Swaziland (Swazi: Umbuso weSwatini), or the Kingdom of eSwatini, in southern Africa, is one of the smallest nations on the African continent, with its total area equaling just over 6,700 sq miles (17,000 square km) and a population estimated in 2005 as slightly more than 1 million (a drop from its 2001 census of nearly 1.2 million).