Eswatini — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Eswatini, 1966–2019.
Latest value · 2019
2.60%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -18.2% since 1966
Inflation for Eswatini was 2.60% in 2019, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 54 years, from 1966 to 2019. The highest recorded value was 20.81% in 1977. The lowest was 1.82% in 1967 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.38% per year.
Eswatini ranks 105 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 56%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Eswatini sits below it. It peaked in 1977 and has fallen 88% since. Over the last decade (2009–2019) the figure moved down 65%.
Key figures
Latest (2019)
2.60%
First (1966)
3.18%
Change
-18.2%
Highest
20.81%
in 1977
Lowest
1.82%
in 1967
Average
9.16%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.38%
Years of data
54
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 4.82% |
| 2017 | 6.22% |
| 2016 | 7.85% |
| 2015 | 4.95% |
| 2014 | 5.68% |
| 2013 | 5.62% |
| 2012 | 8.94% |
| 2011 | 6.11% |
| 2010 | 4.51% |
| 2009 | 7.45% |
| 2008 | 12.66% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.