Eswatini vs IDA blend: Merchandise trade
Merchandise trade over time
- Eswatini
- IDA blend
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 86.4% against 33.7% in IDA blend, a difference of 52.7%.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 2.6 times IDA blend's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.
Eswatini ranks 40th and IDA blend ranks 42nd of 204 countries.
Eswatini has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | IDA blend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 107.9% | 31.6% | 76.3% | Eswatini |
| 1970s | 123.2% | 43.5% | 79.7% | Eswatini |
| 1980s | 153.2% | 34.1% | 119.1% | Eswatini |
| 1990s | 118.3% | 32.8% | 85.4% | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 121.8% | 37.1% | 84.7% | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 81.9% | 31.2% | 50.7% | Eswatini |
| 2020s | 86.9% | 29.0% | 57.9% | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher merchandise trade, Eswatini or IDA blend?
- Eswatini, at 86.4% against 33.7% in IDA blend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in merchandise trade between Eswatini and IDA blend?
- 52.7%, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and IDA blend?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Eswatini and IDA blend rank globally for merchandise trade?
- Eswatini ranks 40th and IDA blend ranks 42nd of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Trade Organization (WTO), published as Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. 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.