Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) in Eswatini
Eswatini: Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) was 3.3% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Insurance and financial services in Eswatini, 1974–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for insurance and financial services in Eswatini is 3.3%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 126.4% on the previous year and up 51.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Eswatini peaked at 32.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1994.
Eswatini ranks 149th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 1.1% | — |
| 1975 | 3.2% | +194.9% |
| 1976 | 5.4% | +67.8% |
| 1977 | 5.6% | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 9.0% | +60.1% |
| 1979 | 2.4% | -72.9% |
| 1980 | 13.0% | +430.2% |
| 1981 | 7.7% | -40.6% |
| 1982 | 7.2% | -6.4% |
| 1983 | 9.8% | +35.9% |
| 1984 | 10.3% | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 14.5% | +41.4% |
| 1986 | 14.2% | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | -95.0% |
| 1995 | 3.9% | +445.7% |
| 1996 | 3.0% | -23.4% |
| 1997 | 2.8% | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 2.4% | -14.5% |
| 1999 | 2.5% | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 1.7% | -34.8% |
| 2001 | 2.5% | +48.4% |
| 2002 | 5.5% | +122.9% |
| 2003 | 10.5% | +91.0% |
| 2004 | 28.9% | +176.0% |
| 2005 | 32.8% | +13.6% |
| 2006 | 17.4% | -47.1% |
| 2007 | 12.2% | -29.9% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | -88.3% |
| 2009 | 5.6% | +292.6% |
| 2010 | 5.5% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 2.7% | -50.8% |
| 2012 | 6.6% | +142.4% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | -69.4% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | +236.2% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | -68.4% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | +59.4% |
| 2017 | 2.3% | -32.1% |
| 2018 | 14.6% | +528.5% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | -76.0% |
| 2020 | 1.8% | -48.6% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | +6.6% |
| 2023 | 4.5% | +139.1% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | -67.8% |
| 2025 | 3.3% | +126.4% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 3.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.0%, 55% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 3.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.9%, 66% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +528.5% | 2.3% | 14.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.5% | 1.1% | 9.0% | 6 |
| 1980s | 11.0% | 7.2% | 14.5% | 7 |
| 1990s | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3.9% | 6 |
| 2000s | 11.8% | 1.4% | 32.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 2.0% | 14.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 1.4% | 4.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More private sector data for Eswatini
- Merchandise trade 86.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.6% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 58.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 727.36 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 29.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 59.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 311.96 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,887 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Eswatini?
- Insurance and financial services in Eswatini was 3.3% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest insurance and financial services recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 32.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1994.
- How does Eswatini rank for insurance and financial services?
- Eswatini ranks 149th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.