Net foreign assets rose 24.0% to SZL 8.20 bil in Swaziland in 2024, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, net foreign assets in Swaziland reached an all time high of SZL 8.95 bil in 2016 and an all time low of SZL 0.019 bil in 1974. When compared to Swaziland's main peers, net foreign assets in Botswana amounted to BWP 60.7 bil, LSL 25.3 bil in Lesotho, MZN 221 bil in Mozambique and ZAR 1,492 bil in South Africa in 2024.
Swaziland has been ranked 107th within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of net foreign assets, 17 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Net Foreign Assets (Local Currency) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Botswana | BWP bil | 80.1 | 73.7 | 63.0 | 65.2 | 65.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | LSL bil | 14.3 | 14.3 | 17.3 | 17.6 | 15.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | MWK bil | 152 | 163 | -348 | -423 | -588 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | MZN bil | 196 | 246 | 313 | 242 | 203 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | NAD bil | 38.3 | 38.2 | 42.0 | 46.4 | 52.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | ZAR bil | 796 | 876 | 1,193 | 1,336 | 1,328 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | SZL bil | 7.13 | 6.75 | 7.89 | 7.35 | 5.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | TNS bil | 10,635 | 12,041 | 10,699 | 12,707 | 7,846 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | ZMW bil | 24.8 | 24.2 | 39.0 | 37.6 | 50.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | ZWD bil | ... | ... | ... | < -0.001 | -0.016 | -0.134 | 0.028 | 0.191 | ... |