Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Albania
Albania: Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) was 18.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on goods and services in Albania, 1995–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % value added of industry and services.
Analysis
Albania recorded 18.3% for taxes on goods and services in 2024.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Albania peaked at 21.0% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 1996.
That places Albania 10th out of 154 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Albania, year by year
| Year | % value added of industry and services | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 11.6% | — |
| 1996 | 8.0% | -30.9% |
| 1997 | 9.1% | +13.5% |
| 1998 | 15.0% | +64.7% |
| 2002 | 15.2% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 16.4% | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 17.5% | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 19.3% | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 19.0% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 18.1% | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 21.0% | +16.4% |
| 2015 | 20.6% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 20.8% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 20.5% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 20.0% | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 18.8% | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 18.2% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 19.9% | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 19.0% | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 17.6% | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 18.3% | +3.8% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 18.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9.8%, 1.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Albania's 18.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13.0%, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Albania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +64.7% | 9.1% | 15.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.0% | 8.0% | 15.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 16.4% | 15.2% | 17.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | 19.8% | 18.1% | 21.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 18.6% | 17.6% | 19.9% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services in Albania?
- Taxes on goods and services in Albania was 18.3% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on goods and services recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 21.0% in 2014.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 1996.
- How does Albania rank for taxes on goods and services?
- Albania ranks 10th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in industry and services which is the contribution to the economy by industries in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 05-43 and 50-99.