Taxes on exports in Morocco
Morocco: Taxes on exports was 1.6% in 2011. ◆ Volatile
Taxes on exports in Morocco, 1990–2011
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of tax revenue.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 1.6% for taxes on exports in 2011. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 181.1% on the previous year and up 42,358.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on exports in Morocco peaked at 1.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1999.
Morocco ranks 15th of 76 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taxes on exports in Morocco, year by year
| Year | % of tax revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.4% | — |
| 1991 | 0.2% | -33.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | -86.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | -77.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | -43.4% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | +16460.2% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -16.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | -92.8% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | +4177.4% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -60.1% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | +181.1% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 1.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 3.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on exports in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +16460.2% | 0.0% | 0.6% |
| 2009 | +4177.4% | 0.0% | 1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More public sector data for Morocco
- Arms imports 23.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.604 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -95.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 23.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 144.9 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0344 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 5.52 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,058 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on exports in Morocco?
- Taxes on exports in Morocco was 1.6% in 2011, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on exports recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2011.
- What is the lowest taxes on exports recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1999.
- How does Morocco rank for taxes on exports?
- Morocco ranks 15th out of 76 countries with data for 2011.
- Is taxes on exports rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42,358.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Morocco 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.