Budget balance — all countries

Budget balance — Eswatini

Budget balance in Eswatini in 2031 — -2.7%. Ranked 105 in the world out of 188. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 7.8 pp.

2031 -2.7% +0.4 pp vs 2030
World rank 105of 188
Period maximum 8.7%2006
Period minimum -9.3%2010

Trend over time

1980–2031 · % of GDP

Budget balance — Eswatini, 1980–2031-10-5051019801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: 5.1%1981: -3.4%1982: 0.1%1983: -0.4%1984: 1%1985: -1.1%1986: -2.3%1987: 2%1988: 3.5%1989: 5.8%1990: 5.5%1991: 3.3%1992: -2.8%1993: -3.2%1994: -3.4%1995: 0.9%1996: -1%1997: 2.1%1998: 1%1999: -1.2%2000: -1.2%2001: -2.2%2002: -3.7%2003: -2.1%2004: -4%2005: -1.7%2006: 8.7%2007: 2.4%2008: 1.6%2009: -3%2010: -9.3%2011: -3.9%2012: 3.4%2013: 0.6%2014: -1.2%2015: -5.9%2016: -8.4%2017: -5.6%2018: -6.6%2019: -6.2%2020: -4.2%2021: -4.6%2022: -5.3%2023: -0.7%2024: -1.1%2025: -6.1%2026: -6.9%2027: -5.1%2028: -4.1%2029: -3.5%2030: -3.1%2031: -2.7%
Change over the period: −7.8 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2031

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eswatini

Eswatini -2.7%
World computed -4.85%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -3.08%
Southern Africa computed -4.08%
Budget balance — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -2.7 +0.4 pp
2030 -3.1 +0.4 pp
2029 -3.5 +0.6 pp
2028 -4.1 +1 pp
2027 -5.1 +1.8 pp
2026 -6.9 −0.8 pp
2025 -6.1 −5 pp
2024 -1.1 −0.4 pp
2023 -0.7 +4.6 pp
2022 -5.3 −0.7 pp
2021 -4.6 −0.4 pp
2020 -4.2 +2 pp
2019 -6.2 +0.4 pp
2018 -6.6 −1 pp
2017 -5.6 +2.8 pp
2016 -8.4 −2.5 pp
2015 -5.9 −4.7 pp
2014 -1.2 −1.8 pp
2013 0.6 −2.8 pp
2012 3.4 +7.3 pp
2011 -3.9 +5.4 pp
2010 -9.3 −6.3 pp
2009 -3 −4.6 pp
2008 1.6 −0.8 pp
2007 2.4 −6.3 pp
2006 8.7 +10.4 pp
2005 -1.7 +2.3 pp
2004 -4 −1.9 pp
2003 -2.1 +1.6 pp
2002 -3.7 −1.5 pp
2001 -2.2 −1 pp
2000 -1.2 +0 pp
1999 -1.2 −2.2 pp
1998 1 −1.1 pp
1997 2.1 +3.1 pp
1996 -1 −1.9 pp
1995 0.9 +4.3 pp
1994 -3.4 −0.2 pp
1993 -3.2 −0.4 pp
1992 -2.8 −6.1 pp
1991 3.3 −2.2 pp
1990 5.5 −0.3 pp
1989 5.8 +2.3 pp
1988 3.5 +1.5 pp
1987 2 +4.3 pp
1986 -2.3 −1.2 pp
1985 -1.1 −2.1 pp
1984 1 +1.4 pp
1983 -0.4 −0.5 pp
1982 0.1 +3.5 pp
1981 -3.4 −8.5 pp
1980 5.1

Southern Africa, 2031

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Net lending or net borrowing of general government as a percent of GDP — what is commonly called the budget deficit, taken with a plus sign when there is a surplus. General government includes regions, local authorities and extrabudgetary funds, so the quantity is fuller than the balance of the central budget alone. The IMF series runs with a forecast several years ahead.

Important: Negative values are deficits. Accumulated deficits are what government debt is, so the two indicators are worth looking at together: a country can live with a deficit for years and carry a small debt all the same, if its economy grows faster.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.