Botswana vs Eswatini: Taxes on international trade
Taxes on international trade over time
- Botswana
- Eswatini
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 35.5% against 32.6% in Botswana, a difference of 2.9%.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
Across all 15 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 4th and Eswatini ranks 2nd of 154 countries.
Eswatini has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Eswatini | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.9% | 69.4% | 43.5% | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 26.9% | 45.1% | 18.2% | Eswatini |
| 2020s | 27.0% | 40.0% | 12.9% | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on international trade, Botswana or Eswatini?
- Eswatini, at 35.5% against 32.6% in Botswana as of 2021.
- What is the difference in taxes on international trade between Botswana and Eswatini?
- 2.9%, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Eswatini?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2021.
- How do Botswana and Eswatini rank globally for taxes on international trade?
- Botswana ranks 4th and Eswatini ranks 2nd of 154 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Taxes on international trade (% of revenue). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Taxes on international trade are taxes that become payable when goods cross the national or customs frontiers of the economic territory or when transactions in services exchange between residents and non-residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.