Eswatini
Capital: Mbabane · Lower middle income · Pop. 1.2 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Eswatini, 38.22% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 767,815 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 60.84% use safely managed sanitation services and 64.46% have at least a basic service (2024).
Eswatini has about 2,166 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year. It withdraws the equivalent of 40% of those internal resources annually (medium water stress).
Agriculture accounts for about 94% of Eswatini's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Eswatini have safe drinking water?
38.22% of Eswatini's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 767,815 people do not.
Does Eswatini have enough freshwater?
Eswatini has roughly 2,166 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 40% of it annually (medium stress).