Imports as a share of GDP fell 2.32% to 0.420% in Swaziland in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, imports as a share of GDP in Swaziland reached an all time high of 1.14% in 1980 and an all time low of 0.343% in 1960. When compared to Swaziland's main peers, imports as a share of GDP in Botswana amounted to 0.465%, 0.879% in Lesotho, 0.663% in Mozambique and 0.232% in South Africa in 2020.
Swaziland has been ranked 68th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of imports as a share of GDP, 32 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Imports (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Botswana | % | 0.598% | 0.459% | 0.390% | 0.432% | 0.461% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 0.866% | 0.940% | 0.983% | 0.939% | 0.909% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 0.358% | 0.449% | 0.362% | 0.381% | 0.356% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 0.628% | 0.721% | 0.611% | 0.823% | 0.797% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 0.619% | 0.590% | 0.476% | 0.458% | 0.465% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 0.290% | 0.277% | 0.262% | 0.271% | 0.268% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 0.410% | 0.426% | 0.443% | 0.443% | 0.430% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 0.237% | 0.191% | 0.171% | 0.179% | 0.170% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 0.427% | 0.386% | 0.366% | 0.369% | 0.342% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 0.376% | 0.313% | 0.304% | 0.284% | 0.255% |
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