Eswatini's international tourism, receipts (current US$) was US$7.3 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 85.8% from US$51.4 million in 2010 (17.73% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$7.3 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$14.2 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$51.4 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$77.3 million | 2005 |
| Lowest | US$4.2 million | 2013 |
| Average since 2011 | US$13.76 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$54 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Eswatini's international tourism, receipts (current US$) fell 49% on 2019 (from US$14.3 million to US$7.3 million).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +18.2% and a typical year strayed about 79.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 271.4% in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 85.6% in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 4% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2020, Eswatini had the 124th highest value of the 126 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Eswatini | US$7.3 million | 2020 |
| World | US$1.86 trillion | 2019 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$34.92 billion | 2019 |
| Lower middle income | US$145.06 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Eswatini in the 2020 ranking
- Angola — 121st of 126: US$19 million
- Suriname — 122nd of 126: US$19 million
- Comoros — 123rd of 126: US$18.5 million
- Solomon Islands — 125th of 126: US$7 million
- Guinea — 126th of 126: US$1.29 million
What this measures
International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Limitations: Tourism can be either domestic or international. The data refers to international tourism, where the traveler's country of residence differs from the visiting country. International tourism consists of inbound (arrival) and outbound (departures) tourism. The data are from the World Tourism Organization (WTO), a United Nations agency. The data on inbound and outbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals and departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival. The data on inbound tourism show the arrivals of nonresident tourists (overnight visitors) at national borders.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 26 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 7,300,000 |
| 2019 | 14,300,000 |
| 2018 | 16,400,000 |
| 2017 | 13,200,000 |
| 2016 | 13,200,000 |
| 2015 | 14,200,000 |
| 2014 | 15,600,000 |
| 2013 | 4,200,000 |
| 2012 | 29,100,000 |
| 2011 | 10,100,000 |
| 2010 |
International tourism, receipts (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$19 million (2020)
- Benin — US$240.86 million (2019)
- Botswana — US$217 million (2020)
- Burkina Faso — US$173 million (2019)
- Cabo Verde — US$169 million (2020)
- Cameroon — US$437 million (2020)
- Comoros — US$18.5 million (2020)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$60.5 million (2018)
- Congo, Rep. — US$42.9 million (2016)
- Côte d'Ivoire
More private sector & trade data for Eswatini
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 86.42% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$2.09 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$2.37 billion (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) — 71.26% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$727.36 million (2025)
- Transport services (% of commercial service imports) — 16.12% (2025)
- Travel services (% of commercial service imports) — 9.37% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) — 40.58% (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Eswatini's international tourism, receipts (current US$)?
- US$7.3 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is down 86.48% from US$54 million in 1995 (7.69% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$77.3 million in 2005 and the lowest US$4.2 million in 2013.
- How does Eswatini rank?
- 124th highest of 126 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts (current US$) unusual for Eswatini?
- In 2020, Eswatini's international tourism, receipts (current US$) fell 49% on 2019 (from US$14.3 million to US$7.3 million). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +18.2% and a typical year strayed about 79.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.RCPT.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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