Canada vs Korea: Taxes on international trade
Taxes on international trade over time
- Canada
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports 1.0% against 0.9% in Canada, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Korea ahead.
Canada ranks 117th and Korea ranks 114th of 154 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.1% | 6.8% | 4.7% | Korea |
| 2000s | 1.3% | 3.8% | 2.5% | Korea |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 2.4% | 1.0% | Korea |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.2% | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on international trade, Canada or Korea?
- Korea, at 1.0% against 0.9% in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taxes on international trade between Canada and Korea?
- 0.1%, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Korea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Korea rank globally for taxes on international trade?
- Canada ranks 117th and Korea ranks 114th 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.
Individual pages
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.