Eswatini Government Debt Over Time (1993–2027)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Gross Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 90 / 186

Data table

1993	15%	2005	13.6%	2017	21.7%
1994	13.1%	2006	14.7%	2018	26.5%
1995	12.5%	2007	16.1%	2019	30.5%
1996	11.5%	2008	14.6%	2020	37.7%
1997	12.7%	2009	10.6%	2021	37.3%
1998	15.6%	2010	14.2%	2022	39.5%
1999	16.7%	2011	14.6%	2023	39.4%
2000	18.2%	2012	14.8%	2024	40%
2001	21.7%	2013	15.2%	2025	44.8%
2002	17.2%	2014	14.1%	2026	52.5%
2003	17.7%	2015	16%	2027	54.4%
2004	15%	2016	20.1%

Government Gross Debt (Local currency - SZL)

Data table

1993	743M	2005	2.73B	2017	13.02B
1994	770M	2006	3.25B	2018	16.62B
1995	877M	2007	3.94B	2019	20.45B
1996	913M	2008	3.97B	2020	25.94B
1997	1.14B	2009	3.18B	2021	27.16B
1998	1.54B	2010	4.58B	2022	31.4B
1999	1.8B	2011	5.14B	2023	34.01B
2000	2.19B	2012	5.92B	2024	36.03B
2001	2.89B	2013	6.66B	2025	42.5B
2002	2.59B	2014	6.65B	2026	53.07B
2003	2.91B	2015	8.16B	2027	58.15B
2004	2.69B	2016	11.25B

Government Net Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 38 / 87

Data table

2001	18.7%	2010	5.2%	2019	23.9%
2002	15.9%	2011	4.2%	2020	28%
2003	11.4%	2012	2.1%	2021	30.4%
2004	8.5%	2013	2.6%	2022	32.6%
2005	3.1%	2014	2.1%	2023	34.1%
2006	-4.3%	2015	7.2%	2024	33.2%
2007	-7.1%	2016	11.5%	2025	39.5%
2008	-8.7%	2017	12.2%	2026	47.1%
2009	-3.1%	2018	19.9%	2027	49.2%

Government Net Debt (Local currency - SZL)

Data table

2001	2.5B	2010	1.68B	2019	16.01B
2002	2.4B	2011	1.49B	2020	19.27B
2003	1.88B	2012	852M	2021	22.14B
2004	1.52B	2013	1.15B	2022	25.9B
2005	618M	2014	1.01B	2023	29.4B
2006	-945M	2015	3.67B	2024	29.92B
2007	-1.73B	2016	6.45B	2025	37.4B
2008	-2.37B	2017	7.29B	2026	47.62B
2009	-925M	2018	12.5B	2027	52.6B