Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Belarus
Belarus: Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) was 15.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Customs and other import duties in Belarus, 1992–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of tax revenue.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 15.4% for customs and other import duties in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, customs and other import duties in Belarus peaked at 18.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1992.
Belarus ranks 30th of 151 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % of tax revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.5% | — |
| 1993 | 3.2% | +497.8% |
| 1994 | 3.3% | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 4.4% | +32.5% |
| 1996 | 5.9% | +33.5% |
| 1997 | 11.7% | +99.4% |
| 2003 | 10.4% | -11.8% |
| 2004 | 8.7% | -16.0% |
| 2005 | 9.0% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 8.3% | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 8.0% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 7.5% | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 8.8% | +17.1% |
| 2010 | 12.2% | +39.6% |
| 2011 | 18.3% | +49.7% |
| 2012 | 16.6% | -9.5% |
| 2013 | 15.4% | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | -26.6% |
| 2015 | 6.8% | -39.9% |
| 2016 | 7.3% | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 8.2% | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 7.1% | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 7.8% | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 8.9% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | +16.1% |
| 2023 | 15.0% | +45.8% |
| 2024 | 15.4% | +2.7% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 15.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.5%, 2.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 15.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7%, 23.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Belarus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +497.8% | 0.5% | 3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.8% | 0.5% | 11.7% | 6 |
| 2000s | 8.7% | 7.5% | 10.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 11.1% | 6.8% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.7% | 8.6% | 15.4% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is customs and other import duties in Belarus?
- Customs and other import duties in Belarus was 15.4% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest customs and other import duties recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 18.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest customs and other import duties recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1992.
- How does Belarus rank for customs and other import duties?
- Belarus ranks 30th out of 151 countries with data for 2024.
- Is customs and other import duties rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belarus 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.