Eswatini's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) was 90.44% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 15.89 percentage points from 74.56% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 90.44% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 92.89% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 74.56% | 2013 |
| Highest | 94.16% | 2017 |
| Lowest | 47.13% | 2005 |
| Average since 2014 | 90.55% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 79.56% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Eswatini's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) fell 3.07 percentage points on 2022 (from 93.51% to 90.44%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +0.63 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 16.22 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 47 percentage points in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 32.69 percentage points in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.84 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 42% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Eswatini had the 2nd highest value of the 196 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 | 90.44% | 2023 |
| World | 2.19% | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.67% | 2023 |
| Lower middle income | 9.88% | 2023 |
Closest to Eswatini in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 24 values
| Year | Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 90.44 |
| 2022 | 93.51 |
| 2021 | 92.78 |
| 2020 | 91.97 |
| 2019 | 92.13 |
| 2018 | 92.89 |
| 2017 | 94.16 |
| 2016 | 89.28 |
| 2015 | 87.09 |
| 2014 | 81.26 |
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies
- Angola — 5.45% (2023)
- Benin — 16.4% (2023)
- Botswana — 15.53% (2023)
- Burkina Faso — 14.86% (2023)
- Burundi — 42.58% (2023)
- Cabo Verde — 9.23% (2023)
- Cameroon
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 merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)?
- 90.44% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 10.88 percentage points from 79.56% in 2000. The highest value was 94.16% in 2017 and the lowest 47.13% in 2005.
- How does Eswatini rank?
- 2nd highest of 196 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) unusual for Eswatini?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.R6.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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