Taxes on exports in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Taxes on exports was 0.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taxes on exports in Ethiopia, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of tax revenue.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 0.0% for taxes on exports in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 53.4% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on exports in Ethiopia peaked at 14.5% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2024.
Ethiopia ranks 66th of 76 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taxes on exports in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % of tax revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.8% | — |
| 1991 | 1.1% | -61.6% |
| 1992 | 0.9% | -14.4% |
| 1993 | 1.1% | +17.6% |
| 1994 | 1.5% | +39.6% |
| 1995 | 5.2% | +244.0% |
| 1996 | 2.7% | -48.0% |
| 1997 | 4.0% | +46.2% |
| 1998 | 3.3% | -17.7% |
| 1999 | 2.9% | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | -35.1% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -77.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | -96.0% |
| 2007 | 3.6% | +22234.9% |
| 2008 | 10.8% | +196.5% |
| 2009 | 14.5% | +34.5% |
| 2010 | 3.9% | -73.1% |
| 2011 | 3.2% | -17.3% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | -18.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -99.9% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -53.4% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 0.0% is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.1%, 1% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 0.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4%, 0% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on exports in Ethiopia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +22234.9% | 0.0% | 3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.5% | 0.9% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.2% | 0.0% | 14.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 2.6% | 3.9% | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More public sector data for Ethiopia
- Arms imports 48.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.3635 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -95.56 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 48.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 6.98 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0062 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -34.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 921.66 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1.77 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on exports in Ethiopia?
- Taxes on exports in Ethiopia was 0.0% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on exports recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2009.
- What is the lowest taxes on exports recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- How does Ethiopia rank for taxes on exports?
- Ethiopia ranks 66th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on exports rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.