Customs and other import duties in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Customs and other import duties was 11.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Customs and other import duties in Bangladesh, 2001–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of tax revenue.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 11.7% for customs and other import duties in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.6% on the previous year and down 61.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, customs and other import duties in Bangladesh peaked at 43.2% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 10.7%, in 2020.
Bangladesh ranks 45th of 151 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Customs and other import duties in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % of tax revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 43.2% | — |
| 2002 | 42.5% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 34.9% | -18.0% |
| 2004 | 41.9% | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 42.5% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 39.9% | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 35.6% | -10.8% |
| 2008 | 34.3% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 32.1% | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 31.5% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 30.3% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 29.7% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 26.9% | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 26.8% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 27.9% | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 28.9% | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 11.7% | -59.4% |
| 2018 | 11.3% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 10.8% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 10.7% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 11.7% | +9.6% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 11.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8.8%, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 11.7% is below the median for South Asia, which is 13.0%, 90% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Customs and other import duties in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -59.4% | 28.9% | 11.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38.6% | 32.1% | 43.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 23.6% | 10.8% | 31.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.2% | 10.7% | 11.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 42 Guinea-Bissau 12.2% compare
- 43 Côte d'Ivoire 11.8% compare
- 44 Fiji 11.7% compare
- 46 Cambodia 11.2% compare
- 47 Lebanon 11.2% compare
- 48 Solomon Islands 10.4% compare
More public sector data for Bangladesh
- Arms imports 75.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4321 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 8.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 75.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 23.25 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.009 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 4.03 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 530.85 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is customs and other import duties in Bangladesh?
- Customs and other import duties in Bangladesh was 11.7% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest customs and other import duties recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 43.2% in 2001.
- What is the lowest customs and other import duties recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.7% in 2020.
- How does Bangladesh rank for customs and other import duties?
- Bangladesh ranks 45th out of 151 countries with data for 2021.
- Is customs and other import duties rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes and duties on imports are taxes on goods and services that become payable at the moment when goods enter the economic territory or when services are delivered by non-resident producers to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of tax revenue which includes compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.