Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices in Eswatini
Eswatini: Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices was 61,501 million SLC in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices in Eswatini, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 61,501 million SLC for gross domestic product — value standard local currency, 2015 prices in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value standard local currency, 2015 prices in Eswatini peaked at 61,501 million SLC in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,513 million SLC, in 1970.
Eswatini ranks 155th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5,513 million SLC | — |
| 1971 | 5,718 million SLC | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 6,444 million SLC | +12.7% |
| 1973 | 6,666 million SLC | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 7,942 million SLC | +19.1% |
| 1975 | 10,573 million SLC | +33.1% |
| 1976 | 11,962 million SLC | +13.1% |
| 1977 | 12,082 million SLC | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 12,243 million SLC | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 12,510 million SLC | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 12,804 million SLC | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 13,688 million SLC | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 13,885 million SLC | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 13,809 million SLC | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 14,152 million SLC | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 14,424 million SLC | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 17,104 million SLC | +18.6% |
| 1987 | 18,818 million SLC | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 20,242 million SLC | +7.6% |
| 1989 | 22,147 million SLC | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 24,330 million SLC | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 24,758 million SLC | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 25,557 million SLC | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 26,351 million SLC | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 26,984 million SLC | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 28,286 million SLC | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 29,372 million SLC | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 30,284 million SLC | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 31,072 million SLC | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 31,989 million SLC | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 31,674 million SLC | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 32,008 million SLC | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 33,410 million SLC | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 34,707 million SLC | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 35,965 million SLC | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 38,122 million SLC | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 40,406 million SLC | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 42,198 million SLC | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 42,545 million SLC | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 43,211 million SLC | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 44,850 million SLC | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 45,858 million SLC | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 48,333 million SLC | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 50,199 million SLC | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 50,663 million SLC | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 51,791 million SLC | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 52,342 million SLC | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 53,402 million SLC | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 54,674 million SLC | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 56,145 million SLC | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 55,270 million SLC | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 56,895 million SLC | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 57,109 million SLC | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 59,919 million SLC | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 61,501 million SLC | +2.6% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 61,501 million SLC is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 669,552 million SLC, 9% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 61,501 million SLC is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.65 million million SLC, 1% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices in Eswatini changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +33.1% | 7,942 million SLC | 10,573 million SLC |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9,165 million SLC | 5,513 million SLC | 12,510 million SLC | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,107 million SLC | 12,804 million SLC | 22,147 million SLC | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,898 million SLC | 24,330 million SLC | 31,989 million SLC | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,425 million SLC | 31,674 million SLC | 43,211 million SLC | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,826 million SLC | 44,850 million SLC | 56,145 million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,139 million SLC | 55,270 million SLC | 61,501 million SLC | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 152 Papua New Guinea 73,907 million SLC compare
- 153 Luxembourg 64,534 million SLC compare
- 154 Croatia 61,927 million SLC compare
- 156 Azerbaijan 61,100 million SLC compare
- 157 Georgia 56,838 million SLC compare
- 158 Libya 51,842 million SLC compare
More economy & growth data for Eswatini
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -56.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 3.28 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -58.35 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 2.4 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -25.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0191 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 78.44 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate -29.04 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value standard local currency, 2015 prices in Eswatini?
- Gross domestic product — value standard local currency, 2015 prices in Eswatini was 61,501 million SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value standard local currency, 2015 prices recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 61,501 million SLC in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value standard local currency, 2015 prices recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,513 million SLC in 1970.
- How does Eswatini rank for gross domestic product — value standard local currency, 2015 prices?
- Eswatini ranks 155th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value standard local currency, 2015 prices rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).