Eswatini vs Mozambique

Eswatini vs Mozambique: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 4.9% a year in Eswatini and -0.2% a year in Mozambique, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Eswatini, by 5 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

Eswatini vs Mozambique: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 4.9% a year in Eswatini and -0.2% a year in Mozambique, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Eswatini, by 5 percentage points.
EswatiniMozambiqueIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Eswatini has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Mozambique.
  • In 2025, Eswatini ranked 36 and Mozambique ranked 137 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Eswatini at 3.3% a year and Mozambique at 13.1% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearEswatiniMozambique
20254.9-0.2
202432.2
20233.55.5
20220.44.4
20214.22.4
2020-3-1.2
20196.42.3
20180.13.5
20173.52.6
20162.94.7
20151.77.4
20142.17.7
20133.96.6
20125.48
20112.27.1
20103.86.7
20091.65.9
20080.86.9
20074.47.6
200669.9
200566.3
20043.68.2
20033.97.2
20024.49.7
20011.112.9
20001.80.8
1999311.8
19982.610.4
19973.111.8
19963.810.7
19954.82.1
19942.46.4
19933.110.9
19923.2-7.6
19911.86.6
19909.91
19899.46.5
19887.68.2
19871014.7
198618.6-2.3
19851.91
19842.5-6.5
1983-0.5-15.7
19821.4-6.9
19816.95
1980-3.84.2
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearEswatiniMozambique
20263.71
20273.42
20283.42.6
20293.33.1
20303.39.8
20313.313.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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