Services, value added (% of GDP) in Eswatini
Eswatini: Services, value added (% of GDP) was 52.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Eswatini, 1965–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Eswatini is 52.4%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Eswatini peaked at 53.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 25.0%, in 1978.
Eswatini ranks 135th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Services, value added (% of GDP) in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 30.9% | — |
| 1966 | 29.7% | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 33.3% | +12.3% |
| 1968 | 40.0% | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 32.8% | -18.0% |
| 1970 | 34.8% | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 34.5% | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 29.7% | -14.0% |
| 1973 | 30.8% | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 31.1% | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 25.8% | -17.0% |
| 1976 | 26.6% | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 26.5% | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 25.0% | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 26.8% | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 40.5% | +51.0% |
| 1981 | 40.0% | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 40.3% | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 44.4% | +10.2% |
| 1984 | 41.8% | -6.0% |
| 1985 | 43.8% | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 41.4% | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 39.9% | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 36.7% | -8.1% |
| 1989 | 34.9% | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 39.6% | +13.8% |
| 1991 | 39.8% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 42.0% | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 41.3% | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 37.9% | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 36.1% | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 35.9% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 35.2% | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 35.0% | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 35.1% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 45.1% | +28.4% |
| 2001 | 44.7% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 43.9% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 45.3% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 46.7% | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 45.9% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 46.2% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 46.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 47.4% | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 47.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 48.4% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 49.3% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 47.7% | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 48.7% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 49.2% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 49.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 50.9% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 50.8% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 51.9% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 51.3% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 53.0% | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 52.7% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 50.8% | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 51.9% | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 51.4% | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 52.4% | +2.1% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 52.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 51.2%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 52.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 48.7%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Services, value added (% of GDP) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +51.0% | 26.8% | 40.5% |
| 2000 | +28.4% | 35.1% | 45.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.3% | 29.7% | 40.0% | 5 |
| 1970s | 29.2% | 25.0% | 34.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 40.4% | 34.9% | 44.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 37.8% | 35.0% | 42.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.9% | 43.9% | 47.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.7% | 47.7% | 51.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.0% | 50.8% | 53.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
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 services, value added in Eswatini?
- Services, value added in Eswatini was 52.4% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 53.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.0% in 1978.
- How does Eswatini rank for services, value added?
- Eswatini ranks 135th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. 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.