Food supply vs. life expectancy in Eswatini

Eswatini: Food supply vs. life expectancy was 64.12 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
64.12 years
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
211th
of 236 countries
All-time high
64.12 years
in 2023
All-time low
43.44 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Food supply vs. life expectancy in Eswatini, 1950–2023

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Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Eswatini recorded 64.12 years for food supply vs. life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 23.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food supply vs. life expectancy in Eswatini peaked at 64.12 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 43.44 years, in 1950.

That places Eswatini 211th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 44.73 years 43.44 years 46.09 years 10
1960s 48.33 years 46.39 years 50.64 years 10
1970s 54.19 years 51.21 years 57.54 years 10
1980s 60.36 years 58.23 years 61.93 years 10
1990s 55.45 years 48.81 years 61.17 years 10
2000s 45.43 years 43.91 years 47.63 years 10
2010s 54.1 years 48.33 years 59.85 years 10
2020s 61.31 years 58.23 years 64.12 years 4

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 208 Palestine 65.17 years compare
  2. 209 Haiti 64.94 years compare
  3. 210 Angola 64.62 years compare
  4. 212 Guinea-Bissau 64.08 years compare
  5. 213 Equatorial Guinea 63.71 years compare
  6. 214 Cameroon 63.7 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is food supply vs. life expectancy in Eswatini?
Food supply vs. life expectancy in Eswatini was 64.12 years in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest food supply vs. life expectancy recorded in Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 64.12 years in 2023.
What is the lowest food supply vs. life expectancy recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 43.44 years in 1950.
How does Eswatini rank for food supply vs. life expectancy?
Eswatini ranks 211th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is food supply vs. life expectancy rising or falling in Eswatini?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eswatini data come from?
The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Food supply vs. life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Food supply vs. life expectancy
Unit
years
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Period life expectancy at birth.