Eswatini — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Eswatini, 1971–2025.
GDP growth for Eswatini was 4.19% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1971 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 21.02% in 1990. The lowest was -2.95% in 2020 (about -1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.17% per year.
Eswatini ranks 76 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 36%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Eswatini sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 80% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 146%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 27 of 47 economies; Mauritania (4.03%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 9735% in 2019. That is 70% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 8th of 142 in 1971 → 11th of 152 in 1980 → 5th of 176 in 1990 → 160th of 199 in 2000 → 108th of 209 in 2010 → 84th of 209 in 2020 → 69th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1971 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.19% | +1.2 pp |
| 2024 | 3.03% | -0.5 pp |
| 2023 | 3.53% | +3.1 pp |
| 2022 | 0.39% | -3.9 pp |
| 2021 | 4.24% | +7.2 pp |
| 2020 | -2.95% | -9.4 pp |
| 2019 | 6.43% | +6.4 pp |
| 2018 | 0.07% | -3.5 pp |
| 2017 | 3.52% | +0.6 pp |
| 2016 | 2.95% | +1.2 pp |
| 2015 | 1.7% | -0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 2.06% | -2.0 pp |
| 2013 | 4.09% | +0.0 pp |
| 2012 | 4.09% | +2.3 pp |
| 2011 | 1.84% | -2.0 pp |
| 2010 | 3.82% | +2.4 pp |
| 2009 | 1.43% | -0.0 pp |
| 2008 | 1.44% | -2.9 pp |
| 2007 | 4.32% | -2.4 pp |
| 2006 | 6.73% | +0.7 pp |
| 2005 | 5.99% | +2.4 pp |
| 2004 | 3.62% | -0.9 pp |
| 2003 | 4.54% | +0.5 pp |
| 2002 | 4.09% | +2.7 pp |
| 2001 | 1.41% | -0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 1.76% | -1.2 pp |
| 1999 | 2.95% | +0.3 pp |
| 1998 | 2.6% | -0.5 pp |
| 1997 | 3.1% | -0.7 pp |
| 1996 | 3.84% | -1.0 pp |
| 1995 | 4.83% | +2.4 pp |
| 1994 | 2.4% | -0.7 pp |
| 1993 | 3.11% | -0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 3.23% | +1.5 pp |
| 1991 | 1.76% | -19.3 pp |
| 1990 | 21.02% | +8.1 pp |
| 1989 | 12.91% | +6.3 pp |
| 1988 | 6.57% | -8.0 pp |
| 1987 | 14.61% | +2.3 pp |
| 1986 | 12.26% | +8.5 pp |
| 1985 | 3.79% | -2.4 pp |
| 1984 | 6.16% | +5.0 pp |
| 1983 | 1.2% | +0.0 pp |
| 1982 | 1.17% | -13.5 pp |
| 1981 | 14.64% | +2.2 pp |
| 1980 | 12.45% | +9.3 pp |
| 1979 | 3.11% | +1.8 pp |
| 1978 | 1.33% | +0.3 pp |
| 1977 | 1.01% | +3.1 pp |
| 1976 | -2.12% | -16.0 pp |
| 1975 | 13.91% | +8.2 pp |
| 1974 | 5.74% | -3.3 pp |
| 1973 | 9.02% | +3.6 pp |
| 1972 | 5.42% | -8.3 pp |
| 1971 | 13.74% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Eswatini’s GDP growth in 1972?
5.42% (1972). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Eswatini’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1971 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -69.5% in total — about 2.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 4.19%; 2024: 3.03%; 2023: 3.53%; 2022: 0.39%; 2021: 4.24%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.