Eswatini

Key demographic indicators

50.0

Deaths per 1,000 live births

1,230,506

Persons

Trends in under-five mortality rate in Eswatini

Child health

Careseeking for ARI – percentage of children (under age 5) with acute respiratory infection symptoms whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider

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60

Diarrhoea treatment – percentage of children (under age 5) with diarrhoea who received ORS (packets or pre-packaged fluids)

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68

ITN use by children – percentage of children (under age 5) who slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net the night prior to the survey

(Per cent) Find out more
2

Percentage of households with at least one insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN)

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10

Percentage of surviving infants who received the third dose of DTP-containing vaccine

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85

Percentage of children who received the 2nd dose of measles-containing vaccine, as per administered in the national schedule

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82

Child protection

Percentage of children under age 5 whose births are registered

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66

Percentage of women (aged 20-24 years) married or in union before age 18

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2

Percentage of children (aged 5-17 years) engaged in child labour (economic activities and household chores)

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14

Percentage of children (aged 1-14 years) who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological aggression by caregivers

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79

Percentage of women (aged 15-49 years) who consider a husband to be j