Travel Risk Atlas

Eswatini

Southern Africa · Capital Lobamba

Each opens that government's own advisory for Eswatini — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

45.0 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 150th safest of 220
Sibebe — Eswatini
Photo: theswazigirl / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Where the risk actually is

Risk is rarely spread evenly across a country. The base colour is the code the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives Eswatini as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Hhohho — Travel with cautionLubombo — Travel with cautionManzini — Travel with cautionShiselweni — Travel with caution
What governments advise Travel with caution

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole countryTravel with caution. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The colour reflects general caution levels only, not a warned area.

Shading marks whole regions named in an advisory, but a warning is often narrower — a border strip, one road, or a single city. Read the wording, and check the official advisory linked below.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Road & transport
10% of score
87/100
209th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
55/100
185th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
55/100
163rd of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
54/100
160th of 220
Crime
15% of score
50/100
172nd of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
20/100
132nd of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly drought
18/100
12th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
94/100

Biggest factor here: road & transport. Road deaths per 100,000 people - the risk travellers most underestimate.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
999
Police, fire and ambulance
Currency
SZL L
Languages
English
Swazi
Visa (EU passport)
30 days visa-free
US: 30 days visa-free · UK: 30 days visa-free
Population
1.3m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Lobamba
Driving
On the left
33.5 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type M
220-240V
Safely managed water
38%
Most households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+268
GDP per capita
$4k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
1.2m
International arrivals, 2019
Malaria risk
4.9/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Lobamba, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around All year.

Daytime high warm hot
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain.

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Eswatini:

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.