Eswatini – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

SWZ

Country

Eswatini

Score

25.19

Rank

114

Technology

20.92

People

24.93

Governance

28.12

Impact

26.79

1. Mobile tariffs	38.1	102
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	17.24	112
3. Households with internet acccess	22.12	94
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	54	98
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	0.09	111
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	51.73	113
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	15.25	56

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	34.11	103
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	0.01	93

1. Availability of latest technologies	17.13	117
2. Company investment in emerging technology	4.3	116
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	40.21	64
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	n/a	n/a
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	n/a	n/a
6. Robot density	n/a	n/a

1. Medium and high-tech industry	1.79	117
2. High-tech exports	0.56	114
3. PCT patent applications	n/a	n/a
4. Labour productivity per employee	n/a	n/a

1. Happiness	24.04	111
2. Freedom to make life choices	42	100
3. Income inequality	30.26	101
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	4.76	119

1. Access to basic services	52.09	105
2. Pollution	88.12	50
3. Road safety	24.38	106
4. Reading proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Maths proficiency in schools	n/a	n/a
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	51.11	93

1. Internet users	41.4	90
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	4.07	117
3. Use of virtual social networks	13.72	106
5. Tertiary enrolment	4.36	108
5. Adult literacy rate	82.09	65
6. ICT skills	n/a	n/a

1. Firms with website	56.99	54
2. Internet shopping	n/a	n/a
3. Professionals	29.95	56
4. Technicians and associate professionals	16.96	94
5. Extent of staff training	41.16	57
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	0.05	87

1. Government online services	30.77	109
2. Publication and use of open data	0.28	101
3.ICT use and government efficiency	18.94	103
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	16.56	77

1. Rule of law	47.67	74
2. Software piracy rate	n/a	n/a
3. Secure Internet servers	33.91	104
4. Cybersecurity	12.5	115
5. Online trust and safety	n/a	n/a

1. Regulatory quality	38.11	101
2. Ease of doing business	51.76	98
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	10.95	113
4. E-commerce legislation	25	110
5. Social safety net protection	29.51	91
6. ICT regulatory environment	55.98	110

1. E-Participation	24.21	109
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	n/a	n/a
3. Availability of local online content	11.34	109
4. Gender gap in internet use	n/a	n/a
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	n/a	n/a