Tax revenue in Eswatini
Eswatini: Tax revenue was 24.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in Eswatini, 1999–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 24.3% for tax revenue in 2021.
The figure is down 10.1% on the previous year and up 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Eswatini peaked at 31.7% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 16.3%, in 2010.
That places Eswatini 16th out of 157 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Tax revenue in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 25.1% | — |
| 2000 | 18.6% | -25.9% |
| 2001 | 18.2% | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 17.5% | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 18.6% | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 22.7% | +22.4% |
| 2005 | 22.6% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 31.7% | +40.3% |
| 2007 | 27.9% | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 30.3% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 25.7% | -15.4% |
| 2010 | 16.3% | -36.6% |
| 2011 | 16.6% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 29.1% | +74.6% |
| 2014 | 29.8% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 27.4% | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 23.9% | -12.8% |
| 2017 | 26.3% | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 24.3% | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 24.5% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 27.1% | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 24.3% | -10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.1% | 25.1% | 25.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 23.4% | 17.5% | 31.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 16.3% | 29.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 25.7% | 24.3% | 27.1% | 2 |
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More public sector data for Eswatini
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 64.09 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0164 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 12.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 79.66 million current USD (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 4,100 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 82.04 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 34.4% (2021)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 93.03 (2019)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Purchasing power 8.99 (2019)
- Taxes on goods and services 25.8% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue in Eswatini?
- Tax revenue in Eswatini was 24.3% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 31.7% in 2006.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.3% in 2010.
- How does Eswatini rank for tax revenue?
- Eswatini ranks 16th out of 157 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. 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.