Central government debt, total in Eswatini
Eswatini: Central government debt, total was 35.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Central government debt, total in Eswatini, 1999–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2021, central government debt, total in Eswatini stood at 35.7%.
The figure is down 6.9% on the previous year and up 179.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, central government debt, total in Eswatini peaked at 38.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12.8%, in 2011.
Eswatini ranks 64th of 83 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Central government debt, total in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 22.7% | — |
| 2010 | 13.0% | -42.9% |
| 2011 | 12.8% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 13.3% | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 14.3% | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 16.4% | +14.5% |
| 2016 | 20.5% | +25.4% |
| 2017 | 21.9% | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 27.1% | +23.9% |
| 2019 | 29.8% | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 38.4% | +28.7% |
| 2021 | 35.7% | -6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.7% | 22.7% | 22.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 18.8% | 12.8% | 29.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 37.0% | 35.7% | 38.4% | 2 |
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More economy & growth data for Eswatini
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate -22.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.1246 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 487.21 constant 2015 US$ per person (2024)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 10.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5372 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 2,100 current US$ per person (2024)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 9.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 9.84 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), per capita 38,474 current LCU per person (2024)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 7.15 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is central government debt, total in Eswatini?
- Central government debt, total in Eswatini was 35.7% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest central government debt, total recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 38.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest central government debt, total recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.8% in 2011.
- How does Eswatini rank for central government debt, total?
- Eswatini ranks 64th out of 83 countries with data for 2021.
- Is central government debt, total rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 179.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Central government debt, total (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.