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Eswatini: Current account balance (% of GDP)

2.38percent · 2025-82.6% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. 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. Annual figures for Eswatini from 1974 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20252.377
20242.083
20232.151
2022-2.97
20212.607
20206.553
20193.815
20181.308
20176.113
20167.99
201513.646
201411.95
201310.911
20125.054
2011-5.965
2010-8.905
2009-11.753
2008-7.146
2007-1.933
2006-6.115
2005-3.313
20042.631
20034.159
20022.382
20010.599
2000-2.702
1999-2.129
1998-5.919
1997-0.16
1996-3.242
1995-1.749
19940.13
1993-4.692
1992-3.158
19914.081
19904.553
198911.057
198813.742
198711.225
19862.396
1985-10.65
1984-15.668
1983-19.266
1982-21.175
1981-14.234
1980-23.927
1979-28.934
1978-20.763
19773.82
197611.139
197517.871
197416.091

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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