Taxes on exports in Namibia
Namibia: Taxes on exports was 0.7% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taxes on exports in Namibia, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of tax revenue.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taxes on exports in Namibia is 0.7%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and up 309,376.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on exports in Namibia peaked at 4.1% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2002.
Namibia ranks 23rd of 76 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taxes on exports in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % of tax revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.6% | — |
| 1991 | 4.1% | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 3.8% | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | -18.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +180.9% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +59596.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +340.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +28.0% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -17.9% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | -4.5% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 1.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4%, 1.8× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on exports in Namibia 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 | +59596.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2018 | +340.3% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.8% | 3.6% | 4.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 20 Angola 1.0% compare
- 21 Afghanistan 0.9% compare
- 22 Malaysia 0.9% compare
- 24 Cambodia 0.6% compare
- 25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.6% compare
- 26 Equatorial Guinea 0.6% compare
More public sector data for Namibia
- Arms imports 54.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 17.82 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -77.78 % change on previous year (2014)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 54.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 119.6 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0266 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 362.39 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 42.51 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on exports in Namibia?
- Taxes on exports in Namibia was 0.7% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on exports recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.1% in 1991.
- What is the lowest taxes on exports recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2002.
- How does Namibia rank for taxes on exports?
- Namibia ranks 23rd out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on exports rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 309,376.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Namibia 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.