Country profilesEswatini
Kingdom of Eswatini
SZ · SWZ · Full profile
Population
1.3million
2025
World Bank, World Development Indicators · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
GDP
$5.2billion
2025
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD · 2025
GDP per person
$4,108
2025
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth
4.2%
2025
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation
2.6%
2019
World Bank, World Development Indicators · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2019
Trade
107%
2024 · of GDP
World Bank, World Development Indicators · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2024
| Goods | Value, USD | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Essential oils and cosmetics | $586 million | 32% |
| Sugars | $477 million | 26% |
| Miscellaneous chemical products | $282 million | 16% |
| Woven clothing | $146 million | 8% |
| Wood | $136 million | 7% |
| Mineral fuels |
| $75 million |
| 4% |
| Goods | Value, USD | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mineral fuels | $382 million | 38% |
| Machinery | $122 million | 12% |
| Vehicles | $120 million | 12% |
| Electrical machinery | $88 million | 9% |
| Cereals | $87 million | 9% |
| Plastics | $79 million | 8% |
| Goods | Value, USD | Share |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | $1.4 billion | 68% |
| Kenya | $90 million | 4% |
| Mozambique | $82 million | 4% |
| Nigeria | $70 million | 3% |
| Zimbabwe | $48 million | 2% |
| Tanzania | $36 million | 2% |
| Goods | Value, USD | Share |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | $1.5 billion | 74% |
| China | $154 million | 8% |
| India | $72 million | 4% |
| United States | $32 million | 2% |
| Mozambique | $25 million | 1% |
| Ireland | $19 million | 1% |
Annual merchandise trade reported to UN Comtrade. Partner shares are of the reported total, and a missing reporter year is omitted.
The World Bank records a trade-weighted applied tariff of 3% for 2022. That average is not the rate on a shipment. The rate you pay is the HS line in the national schedule. World Bank, tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products
This country applies the SACU common external tariff together with Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. The rate is the tariff line for the product code. Southern African Customs Union
The lookup opens the customs schedules the desk already carries. It is not a ruling.
A commercial invoice, a packing list, and a bill of lading or air waybill travel with goods entering Eswatini. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Add a certificate of origin only when the shipment claims a preferential rate. Without that claim, the most-favoured-nation line applies. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
The customs declaration is filed with the customs authority of Eswatini, usually through a licensed broker and the national single window where one exists. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Exports from Eswatini carry a commercial invoice and a packing list, plus the transport document issued by the carrier. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
The export declaration is filed before the goods leave. Permits for controlled goods, including food, minerals and dual-use items, sit with the sector regulator and are separate from this file. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Kingdom of Eswatini is the official name of Eswatini, in Southern Africa. The capital is Mbabane. The currency is the Lilangeni (SZL).
Eswatini is listed here in African Union, SADC and SACU. A bloc is left off when membership is in doubt.
Eswatini is landlocked. Seaborne cargo moves through Durban and Maputo. Those are transit ports, not domestic seaports.
Population, output and inflation on this page are the latest World Bank values. Exports, imports and partners are UN Comtrade merchandise figures when the public preview published a row. The currency line uses the European Central Bank reference rate, or the official peg where the currency is fixed.
World Bank merchandise exports were $2.4 billion in 2025. Merchandise imports were $2.1 billion in 2025. These are goods totals, not a forecast. The product and partner tables, when shown, are the UN Comtrade breakdown of the same trade.
The European Central Bank reference feed does not publish the Lilangeni. The currency line names the unit used on invoices. It is not a guessed exchange rate.
| World Bank, World Development Indicators |
| UN Comtrade |
| WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement |
Public figures are reproduced from the source named in the chapter. They can be revised. A profile is not a customs ruling, a legal opinion, or an offer.