Merchandise trade in Eswatini
Eswatini: Merchandise trade was 86.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Merchandise trade in Eswatini, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 86.4% for merchandise trade in 2025.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Eswatini peaked at 183.0% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 76.5%, in 2017.
Eswatini ranks 40th of 204 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 96.9% | — |
| 1961 | 88.3% | -8.9% |
| 1962 | 93.6% | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 105.3% | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 90.8% | -13.8% |
| 1965 | 113.8% | +25.4% |
| 1966 | 114.5% | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 140.4% | +22.7% |
| 1968 | 129.1% | -8.1% |
| 1969 | 106.2% | -17.7% |
| 1970 | 116.8% | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 106.3% | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 102.9% | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 91.9% | -10.7% |
| 1974 | 119.6% | +30.1% |
| 1975 | 129.4% | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 140.5% | +8.6% |
| 1977 | 114.1% | -18.8% |
| 1978 | 148.8% | +30.4% |
| 1979 | 161.9% | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 183.0% | +13.1% |
| 1981 | 172.6% | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 158.3% | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 154.0% | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 138.9% | -9.8% |
| 1985 | 139.7% | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 140.7% | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 146.9% | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 142.2% | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 155.7% | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 109.4% | -29.8% |
| 1991 | 113.2% | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 117.1% | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 114.4% | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 120.3% | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 110.3% | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 119.7% | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 118.1% | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 130.4% | +10.4% |
| 1999 | 129.5% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 115.3% | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 145.3% | +26.0% |
| 2002 | 142.3% | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 146.9% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 142.9% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 113.9% | -20.3% |
| 2006 | 111.0% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 105.6% | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 97.3% | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 97.6% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 86.2% | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 81.7% | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 79.5% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 80.4% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 86.2% | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 82.5% | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 83.5% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 76.5% | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 79.7% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 83.0% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 81.2% | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 87.2% | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 86.7% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 89.5% | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 90.5% | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 86.4% | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 107.9% | 88.3% | 140.4% | 10 |
| 1970s | 123.2% | 91.9% | 161.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 153.2% | 138.9% | 183.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 118.3% | 109.4% | 130.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 121.8% | 97.3% | 146.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.9% | 76.5% | 86.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.9% | 81.2% | 90.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More private sector data for Eswatini
- Food imports 19.6% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 58.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 29.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 59.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,887 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4592 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 1,664 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Eswatini?
- Merchandise trade in Eswatini was 86.4% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 183.0% in 1980.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.5% in 2017.
- How does Eswatini rank for merchandise trade?
- Eswatini ranks 40th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from World Trade Organization (WTO), published as part of Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.