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Eswatini

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 0.8 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has risen by 25%.

97% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 29.1% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 112,520 hectares: 24.0% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year0.842024+0.174.73
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)1.302024−0.186.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person0.942024−0.121.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year0.172024−0.150.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.0020240.00100.00
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.1072022−0.0350.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year602024+16—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year5,5172023+81921,286
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%96.72024+0.931.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%96.72024+0.940.9
Solar share of electricity%4.92024+4.96.9
Wind share of electricity%0.020240.08.1
Coal share of electricity%3.32024−0.934.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity1312024−36471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest29.12023+0.7—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 6,735 ha2002: 3,800 ha2003: 5,760 ha2004: 5,364 ha2005: 4,535 ha2006: 9,431 ha2007: 6,469 ha2008: 4,582 ha2009: 10,654 ha2010: 6,660 ha2011: 2,622 ha2012: 3,527 ha2013: 3,126 ha2014: 4,961 ha2015: 3,216 ha2016: 4,802 ha2017: 6,377 ha2018: 1,920 ha2019: 4,117 ha2020: 2,684 ha2021: 3,160 ha2022: 1,937 ha2023: 2,035 ha2024: 2,429 ha2025: 1,617 ha
200110,654 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 2.1 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 2.9 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data