Eswatini vs Libya: Economic Indicators Comparison

Libya with a GDP of $48.4B ranked the 86th largest economy in the world, while Eswatini ranked 160th with $4.7B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Libya and Eswatini ranked 144th vs 147th and 91st vs 117th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Eswatini	Libya
GDP	$4.7B	$48.4B
GDP growth, 1 year	0.2%	17.9%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.5%	1.7%
Population	1.4M	6.7M
GDP per capita	$4.1k	$7.2k
GDP per capita growth	1.32%	6.37%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	5.16	0.48
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.39	0.35
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$11k	$11k
GNI, Atlas method	$4.5B	$42.8B
GNI per capita	$3.9k	$6.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$12.1B	$142.5B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$11k	$21k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Eswatini	Libya
Income Tax Rate	33%	10%
Corporate Tax Rate	28%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	4.8%	23.1%
Inflation, GDP deflator	2.8%	15.8%
Unemployment	22.5%	17.3%
Economic Freedom Index	55.3	47
Personal Freedom Index	5.93	5.17
Human Freedom Index	6.11	4.98
Property Rights Index	49.8	30.1
Judical Effectiveness Index	42.4	20.8
Business Freedom Index	58.9	40.7
Fiscal Health Index	17.6	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	67.9	53.9
Investment Freedom Index	50	5
Financial Freedom Index	40	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	88.6	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	75.2	53.6
Government Spending Index	62.8	0
Tax Burden Index	72.8	N/A
Government Integrity Index	37.2	18.9
Corruption Perceptions Index	38	17
Life expectancy at birth, years	58.3	72.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	13.3	5.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	26.9	26.1
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	9.5	2.5
International tourism, number of arrivals	782k	142k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Eswatini	Libya
Central government debt, % of GDP	34.9%	4.9%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	10.9%	N/A
External debt stocks	$509.2M	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	5.4%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	2.3%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	0.8%	35%
Gross savings, % of GDP	22.3%	67.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	13.1%	29.8%
Total reserves including gold	$440.7M	$85.3B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$31.3M	$0

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Eswatini	Libya
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	40.5%	62.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	43.9%	40.1%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$90.3M	-$4.7B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$96.1M	$268.9M
Personal remittances received	$125.7M	$16M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	32.9%	77.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	8.6%	1.8%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$5.3M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$674k	$10M
Expense, % of GDP	N/A	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	35.2%	105.8%