Portulans Institute

Eswatini

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 1,201,671
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 11,054

Performance Overview

ISO3

SWZ

Country

Eswatini

Score

27.50

Rank

125

Technology

27.80

People

26.19

Governance

32.00

Impact

24.04

Pillar: Technology Score: 27.80 Rank: 103
SCORERANK

Access

44.97 109

1. Mobile tariffs

29.66 111

2. Handset prices

32.39 100

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

n/a

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

99.71 56

5. International Internet bandwidth

0.00 134

6. Internet access in schools

63.11 49

Content

21.17 76

1. GitHub commits

0.75 116

2. Internet domain registrations

0.73 103

3. Mobile apps development

83.10 6

4. AI scientific publications

0.11 126

Future technologies

17.26 122

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

22.76 115

2. Investment in emerging technologies

11.75 130

3. Robot density

n/a

4. Computer software spending

n/a
Pillar: People Score: 26.19 Rank: 117
SCORERANK

Individuals

37.57 97

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

n/a

2. ICT skills in the education system

n/a

3. Use of virtual social networks

24.63 105

4. Tertiary enrollment

2.72 121

5. Adult literacy rate

85.36 67

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

28.43 114

1. Firms with website

61.23 47

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

27.63 63

3. Knowledge intensive employment

24.83 79

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

n/a

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

0.03 89

Governments

12.56 127

1. Government online services

25.29 125

2. Publication and use of open data

0.00 105

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

20.31 104

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

4.64 83
Pillar: Governance Score: 32.00 Rank: 126
SCORERANK

Trust

21.17 114

1. Secure internet servers

37.37 101

2. Cybersecurity

16.79 120

3. Online access to financial account

n/a

4. Internet shopping

9.36 93

Regulation

36.47 126

1. Regulatory quality

36.44 103

2. ICT regulatory environment

62.00 114

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

n/a

4. E-commerce legislation

0.00 129

5. Privacy protection by law content

47.42 102

Inclusion

38.35 119

1. E-Participation

12.79 130

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

80.87 57

3. Availability of local online content

21.39 126

4. Gender gap in Internet use

n/a

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

n/a
Pillar: Impact Score: 24.04 Rank: 134
SCORERANK

Economy

6.56 134

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

n/a

2. High-tech exports

0.37 124

3. PCT patent applications

0.00 99

4. Domestic market size

21.20 130

5. Prevalence of gig economy

10.17 120

6. ICT services exports

1.08 126

Quality of life

20.29 134

1. Happiness

n/a

2. Freedom to make life choices

n/a

3. Income inequality

21.11 113

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

19.48 132

SDG Contribution

45.25 119

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

48.90 100

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

23.89 130

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

67.85 81

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

40.37 111

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