Eswatini - External balance on goods and services

External balance on goods and services (current US$)

The latest value for External balance on goods and services (current US$) in Eswatini was $108,219,300 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $253,152,800 in 2007 and ($609,068,900) in 2010.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $4,899,902
1961 $3,079,939
1962 $979,980
1963 $3,079,939
1964 $5,039,899
1965 $9,379,812
1966 ($419,992)
1967 ($7,979,841)
1968 $2,799,944
1969 $11,339,770
1970 $10,639,790
1971 $17,617,450
1972 $12,358,530
1973 $31,556,200
1974 $58,866,810
1975 $46,247,460
1976 $22,079,120
1977 ($9,889,604)
1978 ($80,841,770)
1979 ($149,679,300)
1980 ($213,790,400)
1981 ($174,908,800)
1982 ($189,537,700)
1983 ($212,727,800)
1984 ($184,165,900)
1985 ($130,241,800)
1986 ($49,409,190)
1987 ($1,522,593)
1988 ($23,531,960)
1989 ($19,369,280)
1990 ($109,901,700)
1991 ($131,537,900)
1992 ($240,812,800)
1993 ($259,108,200)
1994 ($130,382,300)
1995 ($233,298,200)
1996 ($341,028,200)
1997 ($254,089,300)
1998 ($277,581,600)
1999 ($251,790,300)
2000 ($240,968,700)
2001 ($123,806,100)
2002 ($196,535,900)
2003 ($99,924,180)
2004 ($196,479,900)
2005 ($348,645,700)
2006 $156,492,900
2007 $253,152,800
2008 ($233,445,600)
2009 ($292,834,700)
2010 ($609,068,900)
2011 ($535,355,600)
2012 ($306,914,700)
2013 ($263,501,200)
2014 ($27,961,250)
2015 $86,304,150
2016 $55,959,420
2017 ($33,997,620)
2018 ($181,242,100)
2019 $120,649,600
2020 $108,219,300

External balance on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (current LCU) in Eswatini was 1,782,404,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,783,562,000 in 2007 and a minimum value of -4,459,115,000 in 2010.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 3,500,000
1961 2,200,000
1962 700,000
1963 2,200,000
1964 3,600,000
1965 6,700,000
1966 -300,000
1967 -5,700,000
1968 2,000,000
1969 8,100,000
1970 7,600,000
1971 12,600,000
1972 9,500,000
1973 21,900,000
1974 40,000,000
1975 34,200,000
1976 19,200,000
1977 -8,600,000
1978 -70,300,000
1979 -126,000,000
1980 -166,500,000
1981 -153,500,000
1982 -205,800,000
1983 -237,000,000
1984 -271,700,000
1985 -290,270,000
1986 -112,900,000
1987 -3,100,000
1988 -53,499,900
1989 -50,799,800
1990 -284,348,600
1991 -363,215,700
1992 -686,798,100
1993 -846,688,000
1994 -462,961,600
1995 -846,195,900
1996 -1,466,183,000
1997 -1,170,843,000
1998 -1,534,554,000
1999 -1,538,313,000
2000 -1,672,274,000
2001 -1,065,859,000
2002 -2,071,626,000
2003 -755,896,500
2004 -1,269,182,000
2005 -2,217,143,000
2006 1,059,691,000
2007 1,783,562,000
2008 -1,928,541,000
2009 -2,481,393,000
2010 -4,459,115,000
2011 -3,887,270,000
2012 -2,519,770,000
2013 -2,544,131,000
2014 -303,455,100
2015 1,100,059,000
2016 823,140,600
2017 -453,167,900
2018 -2,399,664,000
2019 1,743,387,000
2020 1,782,404,000

External balance on goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for External balance on goods and services (constant LCU) in Eswatini was -4,192,547,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of -2,119,223,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of -6,132,477,000 in 2018.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services). Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
2011 -3,887,270,000
2012 -2,119,223,000
2013 -3,820,115,000
2014 -2,273,131,000
2015 -2,927,428,000
2016 -3,865,068,000
2017 -4,540,537,000
2018 -6,132,477,000
2019 -3,891,190,000
2020 -4,192,547,000

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Eswatini was 2.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 22.27 in 1974, while its lowest value was -39.44 in 1980.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 13.97
1961 7.16
1962 2.13
1963 5.69
1964 7.76
1965 13.35
1966 -0.55
1967 -10.67
1968 3.51
1969 10.76
1970 9.49
1971 12.91
1972 8.42
1973 14.22
1974 22.27
1975 16.04
1976 8.10
1977 -3.25
1978 -23.73
1979 -36.32
1980 -39.44
1981 -30.64
1982 -35.26
1983 -38.31
1984 -37.24
1985 -36.17
1986 -11.00
1987 -0.26
1988 -3.40
1989 -2.78
1990 -9.86
1991 -11.38
1992 -18.74
1993 -19.09
1994 -9.19
1995 -13.73
1996 -21.28
1997 -14.80
1998 -17.60
1999 -16.27
2000 -13.86
2001 -8.03
2002 -13.72
2003 -4.55
2004 -7.09
2005 -10.97
2006 4.75
2007 7.30
2008 -7.09
2009 -8.18
2010 -13.72
2011 -11.11
2012 -6.28
2013 -5.73
2014 -0.63
2015 2.12
2016 1.47
2017 -0.77
2018 -3.88
2019 2.68
2020 2.72

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts