Tax revenue in Eswatini

Central government tax revenue in Eswatini was equal to 24.3% of GDP in 2021.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1999 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Eswatini, 2021 24.3% % of GDP
Change from 2020 −2.7percentage points 2020: 27.1%
World, 2021 14.3% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Eswatini over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period EswatiniWorld
2024 – 13.9%
2023 – 13.9%
2022 – 14.5%
2021 24.3% 14.3%
2020 27.1% 13.7%
2019 24.5% 13.8%
2018 24.3% 13.9%
2017 26.3% 14.2%
2016 23.9% 13.9%
2015 27.4% 14.0%
2014 29.8% 14.0%
2013 – 14.0%
2012 29.1% 13.8%
2011 16.6% 13.7%
2010 16.3% 13.3%
2009 25.7% 13.1%
2008 30.3% 14.3%
2007 27.9% 14.8%
2006 31.7% 14.5%
2005 22.6% 14.1%
2004 22.7% 14.5%
2003 18.6% 14.4%
2002 17.5% 14.6%
2001 18.2% –
2000 18.6% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.7 percentage points from 27.1% in 2020.
  • Since 2010, when it was 16.3%, the figure has changed by +8.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 14.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1999 to 2021 for Eswatini
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics