Eswatini: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Eswatini's taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) rose 5.53 percentage points on 2020 (from 30.22% to 35.75%).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2020), the average change was −0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.87 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above 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 17.7 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 24.23 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.48 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 65% of the movement over 9 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Eswatini in the 2021 ranking

• Peru — 1st of 8: 39.24%
• Gabon — 2nd of 8: 38.1%
• Bangladesh — 4th of 8: 32.37%
• Cameroon — 5th of 8: 27.23%
• Congo, Rep. — 6th of 8: 27.19%

What this measures

Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total taxes which includes all compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.

Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

All 22 values

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) in nearby economies

• Angola — 70.05% (2024)
• Botswana — 40.71% (2023)
• Burkina Faso — 27.07% (2024)
• Burundi — 21.6% (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 30.72% (2020)
• Cameroon — 27.23% (2021)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 59.81% (2022)
• Congo, Rep. — 27.19% (2021)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 28.83% (2023)

More public sector data for Eswatini

• Military expenditure (current USD) — 93.36 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 1.67 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 1.6% (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 5.17% (2025)
• Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) — 12.51 (2021)
• Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) — 3.79 billion (2021)
• Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) — 5.33% (2021)
• Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) — -3.29 billion (2021)
• Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) — -4.63% (2021)

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Questions people ask

What is Eswatini's taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes)?

35.75% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is up 6.32 percentage points from 29.42% in 1999. The highest value was 44.44% in 2010 and the lowest 19.07% in 2012.

Is the latest change in taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) unusual for Eswatini?

In 2021, Eswatini's taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) rose 5.53 percentage points on 2020 (from 30.22% to 35.75%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2020), the average change was −0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.87 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.TAX.YPKG.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, 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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