Investor Presentaiton
ESWATINI ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Slow Economic Growth
Limitations of growth
model based on
government
consumption.
Economic crisis
worsened by Covid-
19 and unrest.
1.7%
Average real GDP growth
between 2014-19, compared to
2.6 percent for Sub Saharan
Africa (SSA) in the same period
High Youth Unemployment & Informality
Private sector not
creating enough jobs
to reduce
unemployment and
skills mismatch.
58.1%
Youth unemployment
in Eswatini
Declining Investment
Low private
Year
Inflows, US $
% of GDP
investment
2020
$0.04B
1.11%
and FDI,
2019
$0.13B
2.87%
and
2018
$0.03B
0.67%
weakened
2017
$-0.06B
-1.31%
exports
2016
$0.03B
0.70%
Vulnerabilities to External Shocks
I
■ Recurrent
I
droughts are a
I threat to key
¡ export sectors and
I are likely to
I worsen with rising
|
I temperatures
7%
Cost to government
expenditure as a result
of 2015/16 drought as a
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