Eswatini Government Debt Over Time (1993–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Gross Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 100 / 184

Data table

1993	15%	2005	13.6%	2016	20.1%
1994	13.1%	2006	14.7%	2017	21.7%
1995	12.5%	2007	16.1%	2018	26.5%
1996	11.5%	2008	14.6%	2019	30.5%
1997	12.7%	2009	10.6%	2020	37.7%
1998	15.6%	2010	14.2%	2021	37.3%
1999	16.7%	2011	14.6%	2022	39.5%
2000	18.2%	2012	14.8%	2023	39.4%
2001	21.7%	2013	15.2%	2024	40.1%
2002	17.2%	2014	14.1%	2025	44.9%
2003	17.7%	2015	16%	2026	50%
2004	15%

Government Gross Debt (Local currency - SZL)

Data table

1993	743M	2005	2.73B	2016	11.25B
1994	770M	2006	3.25B	2017	13.02B
1995	877M	2007	3.94B	2018	16.62B
1996	913M	2008	3.97B	2019	20.45B
1997	1.14B	2009	3.18B	2020	25.94B
1998	1.54B	2010	4.58B	2021	27.16B
1999	1.8B	2011	5.14B	2022	31.4B
2000	2.19B	2012	5.92B	2023	34.01B
2001	2.89B	2013	6.66B	2024	36.03B
2002	2.59B	2014	6.65B	2025	41.94B
2003	2.91B	2015	8.16B	2026	48.93B
2004	2.69B

Government Net Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 42 / 86

Data table

2001	20.2%	2010	5.2%	2019	24.9%
2002	16.4%	2011	7.6%	2020	28.2%
2003	15.4%	2012	5.6%	2021	30.7%
2004	11.5%	2013	4.1%	2022	32.7%
2005	7.6%	2014	3.3%	2023	34.3%
2006	5.2%	2015	7.2%	2024	36.8%
2007	-1.2%	2016	12.4%	2025	40.6%
2008	-7.2%	2017	15%	2026	45.3%
2009	-3.7%	2018	20.8%

Government Net Debt (Local currency - SZL)

Data table

2001	2.7B	2010	1.67B	2019	16.68B
2002	2.46B	2011	2.69B	2020	19.38B
2003	2.53B	2012	2.24B	2021	22.36B
2004	2.06B	2013	1.81B	2022	26B
2005	1.53B	2014	1.55B	2023	29.55B
2006	1.16B	2015	3.67B	2024	33.08B
2007	-298M	2016	6.96B	2025	37.98B
2008	-1.96B	2017	8.97B	2026	44.35B
2009	-1.1B	2018	13.04B