External debt, end year in Eswatini

Eswatini: External debt, end year was 4.30 billion current LCU in 2011. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2011)
4.30 billion current LCU
Change on year
up 8.4%
World rank
39th
of 47 countries
All-time high
4.30 billion current LCU
in 2011
All-time low
47.36 million current LCU
in 1990
Years of data
33
1979–2011

External debt, end year in Eswatini, 1979–2011

01.0B2.0B3.0B4.0B1979199520111979: 110.9M current LCU1980: 116.5M current LCU1981: 124.4M current LCU1982: 156.6M current LCU1983: 190.6M current LCU1984: 328.3M current LCU1985: 277.1M current LCU1986: 285.9M current LCU1987: 333.3M current LCU1988: 385.3M current LCU1989: 425.2M current LCU1990: 47.4M current LCU1991: 67.9M current LCU1992: 116.0M current LCU1993: 688.1M current LCU1994: 674.5M current LCU1995: 735.1M current LCU1996: 896.9M current LCU1997: 866.3M current LCU1998: 1.4B current LCU1999: 1.6B current LCU2000: 2.1B current LCU2001: 2.8B current LCU2002: 2.6B current LCU2003: 2.3B current LCU2004: 2.3B current LCU2005: 2.4B current LCU2006: 2.7B current LCU2007: 3.5B current LCU2008: 3.6B current LCU2009: 2.8B current LCU2010: 4.0B current LCU2011: 4.3B current LCU

Source: World Bank country economists. Measured in current LCU.

Analysis

Eswatini recorded 4.30 billion current LCU for external debt, end year in 2011. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.

That represents a change of up 8.4% on the previous year and up 51.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, external debt, end year in Eswatini peaked at 4.30 billion current LCU in 2011 and was at its lowest, 47.36 million current LCU, in 1990.

That places Eswatini 39th out of 47 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 110.90 million current LCU 110.90 million current LCU 110.90 million current LCU 1
1980s 262.31 million current LCU 116.47 million current LCU 425.23 million current LCU 10
1990s 716.10 million current LCU 47.36 million current LCU 1.64 billion current LCU 10
2000s 2.71 billion current LCU 2.06 billion current LCU 3.60 billion current LCU 10
2010s 4.13 billion current LCU 3.96 billion current LCU 4.30 billion current LCU 2

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 36 Lesotho 6.00 billion current LCU compare
  2. 37 Zimbabwe 5.83 billion current LCU compare
  3. 38 Namibia 5.40 billion current LCU compare
  4. 40 Togo 1.54 billion current LCU compare
  5. 41 Congo 1.43 billion current LCU compare
  6. 42 Seychelles 583.35 million current LCU compare

See the full ranking of 47 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is external debt, end year in Eswatini?
External debt, end year in Eswatini was 4.30 billion current LCU in 2011, according to World Bank country economists.
What is the highest external debt, end year recorded in Eswatini?
The highest recorded value was 4.30 billion current LCU in 2011.
What is the lowest external debt, end year recorded in Eswatini?
The lowest recorded value was 47.36 million current LCU in 1990.
How does Eswatini rank for external debt, end year?
Eswatini ranks 39th out of 47 countries with data for 2011.
Is external debt, end year rising or falling in Eswatini?
Over the last ten years it is up 51.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Eswatini data come from?
The figures come from World Bank country economists, published as part of External debt, end year (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
External debt, end year (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
47 places, 1,123 data points, 1965–2011
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Foreign debt consists of the outstanding stock or recognized, direct liabilities of the government to the rest of the world, generated in the past and scheduled to be extinguished by government operations in the future or to continue as perpetual debt. Data are in current local currency.