Taxes on exports in Congo
Congo: Taxes on exports was 1.6% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Taxes on exports in Congo, 2004–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of tax revenue.
Analysis
Congo recorded 1.6% for taxes on exports in 2021. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 24.8% on the previous year and up 205,268.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on exports in Congo peaked at 1.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2010.
That places Congo 16th out of 76 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taxes on exports in Congo, year by year
| Year | % of tax revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.1% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | -9.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | -81.5% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +510.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -90.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -91.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +76.2% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +7595.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -95.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -43.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +42.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +95.8% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | +36985.5% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | -24.9% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | +22.3% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | +24.8% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 1.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 3.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Congo's 1.6% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4%, 4.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on exports in Congo 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 | +36985.5% | 0.0% | 1.5% |
| 2012 | +7595.5% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 13 Papua New Guinea 1.6% compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.6% compare
- 15 Morocco 1.6% compare
- 17 Cameroon 1.4% compare
- 18 Ghana 1.1% compare
- 19 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.1%
More public sector data for Congo
- Arms imports 3.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.5091 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -66.67 % change on previous year (2015)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 3.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 28.75 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0116 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -36.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 182.04 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 8.78 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on exports in Congo?
- Taxes on exports in Congo was 1.6% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on exports recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest taxes on exports recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2010.
- How does Congo rank for taxes on exports?
- Congo ranks 16th out of 76 countries with data for 2021.
- Is taxes on exports rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 205,268.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on exports (% of tax revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Export taxes are taxes on goods or services that become payable to government when the goods leave the economic territory or when the services are delivered to non-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.