Currency · Live data
Eswatini Lilangeni
SZLEswatini · Issued by Central Bank of Eswatini
Price (USD)
$0.060379
Inflation (2019)
+2.60%
10y M2 change
+128%
M69 Score
80.6
ZAR-pegged 1:1 (CMA)
Market Cap (USD)
$1.33B
via M2 · 2022
M2 (local currency)
22.03B SZL
current LCU
CPI YoY (2019)
+2.60%
World Bank · annual
Country
Eswatini
ISO 4217 · SZL
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Eswatini Lilangeni M2 money supply
Broad money in SZL (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Eswatini Lilangeni inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Eswatini. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Eswatini Lilangeni be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 SZL in 2001 buys today
10.22 SZLworth of goods
Lost 90% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
978.87 SZL
36 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2019. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:15:09
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- SWZ
Note: ZAR-pegged 1:1 (CMA)
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/SZL
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Eswatini Lilangeni?+
The Eswatini Lilangeni (SZL) is issued by Central Bank of Eswatini. As the monetary authority for Eswatini, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Eswatini Lilangeni?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Eswatini Lilangeni: 2.60% YoY (2019). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Eswatini Lilangeni been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 128% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between SZL as accounting unit and SZL as a store of value.
Is the Eswatini Lilangeni sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Eswatini Lilangeni currently scores 80.6. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Eswatini Lilangeni compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.