Net Foreign Assets (Local Currency) rose 24.0% to SZL 8.20 bil in Swaziland in 2024

Net Foreign Assets (Local Currency) (SZL bil), 2024
Banking | Swaziland | September 1, 2025
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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 ...