Taxes on exports in Togo
Togo: Taxes on exports was 0.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Taxes on exports in Togo, 2004–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of tax revenue.
Analysis
In 2023, taxes on exports in Togo stood at 0.1%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 33.2% on the previous year and down 76.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on exports in Togo peaked at 0.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2023.
That places Togo 38th out of 76 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Taxes on exports in Togo, year by year
| Year | % of tax revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.2% | — |
| 2005 | 0.2% | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +152.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | -20.6% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | -15.1% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +31.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -14.8% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -35.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -24.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -18.8% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -11.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | -33.2% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 0.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 25% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Togo's 0.1% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4%, 34% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on exports in Togo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +152.5% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More public sector data for Togo
- Arms imports 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.2432 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -96.61 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 23.24 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0184 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -29.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 195.35 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 36.77 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on exports in Togo?
- Taxes on exports in Togo was 0.1% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on exports recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2011.
- What is the lowest taxes on exports recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2023.
- How does Togo rank for taxes on exports?
- Togo ranks 38th out of 76 countries with data for 2023.
- Is taxes on exports rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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.