Eswatini — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Eswatini, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Eswatini was 4,108 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4,225 in 2011. The lowest was 102 in 1960 (about 40.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.86% per year.
Eswatini ranks 148 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 70%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Eswatini sits above it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 20%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 9 of 47 economies; Sao Tome and Principe (4,084) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 54% in 1990. That is 9% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1969; grown tenfold by 1990. Doubling roughly every 12 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 91st of 111 in 1960 → 101st of 146 in 1970 → 99th of 163 in 1980 → 106th of 192 in 1990 → 113th of 204 in 2000 → 129th of 212 in 2010 → 145th of 210 in 2020 → 126th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,108.25 | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 3,909.56 | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 3,755.52 | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 3,894.16 | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 3,984 | +14.9% |
| 2020 | 3,466.57 | -11.4% |
| 2019 | 3,913.15 | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 3,972.65 | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 3,853.1 | +19.0% |
| 2016 | 3,238.18 | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 3,419.82 | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 3,771.07 | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 3,949.94 | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 4,224.55 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 4,225.06 | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 3,922.74 | +23.0% |
| 2009 | 3,189.8 | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 2,946.86 | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 3,109.11 | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 2,964.96 | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 2,871.07 | +13.7% |
| 2004 | 2,525.56 | +25.3% |
| 2003 | 2,015.22 | +53.2% |
| 2002 | 1,315.74 | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 1,429.86 | -12.3% |
| 2000 | 1,629.67 | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 1,501.66 | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 1,546.52 | -9.3% |
| 1997 | 1,705.4 | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 1,619.19 | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 1,750.75 | +19.8% |
| 1994 | 1,461.36 | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 1,397.27 | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 1,361.82 | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 1,273.01 | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 1,277.69 | +53.6% |
| 1989 | 831.85 | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 865.25 | +13.1% |
| 1987 | 764.75 | +25.1% |
| 1986 | 611.3 | +19.9% |
| 1985 | 509.89 | -29.8% |
| 1984 | 726.35 | -13.8% |
| 1983 | 842.75 | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 843.04 | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 925.37 | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 908.38 | +27.2% |
| 1979 | 713.95 | +17.0% |
| 1978 | 609.96 | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 562.71 | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 520.8 | -8.3% |
| 1975 | 567.88 | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 536.16 | +15.7% |
| 1973 | 463.25 | +47.1% |
| 1972 | 315.03 | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 301.12 | +18.5% |
| 1970 | 254.16 | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 245.23 | +28.8% |
| 1968 | 190.39 | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 182.77 | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 192.74 | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 180.98 | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 171.61 | +17.2% |
| 1963 | 146.39 | +15.2% |
| 1962 | 127.1 | +4.4% |
| 1961 | 121.8 | +19.9% |
| 1960 | 101.57 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Eswatini’s GDP per capita in 1961?
121.8 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Eswatini’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Eswatini’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +3944.6% in total — about 5.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. 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: 4,108.25; 2024: 3,909.56; 2023: 3,755.52; 2022: 3,894.16; 2021: 3,984. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.