Taxes on goods and services in Belarus
Belarus: Taxes on goods and services was 10.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taxes on goods and services in Belarus, 1992–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % value added of industry and services.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 10.8% for taxes on goods and services in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Belarus peaked at 18.2% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 10.0%, in 2022.
Belarus ranks 66th of 154 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % value added of industry and services | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 17.2% | — |
| 1993 | 15.8% | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 15.3% | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 13.4% | -12.8% |
| 1996 | 15.5% | +16.2% |
| 1997 | 17.7% | +14.1% |
| 1998 | 14.8% | -16.8% |
| 1999 | 14.7% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 15.2% | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 13.5% | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 12.7% | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 13.3% | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 14.2% | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 14.6% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 18.2% | +24.6% |
| 2007 | 16.9% | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 15.3% | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 12.6% | -17.8% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 10.6% | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 11.0% | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 11.5% | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 10.9% | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 11.7% | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 10.8% | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 11.4% | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 10.9% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 10.9% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 10.9% | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 10.8% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.6% | 13.4% | 17.7% | 8 |
| 2000s | 14.6% | 12.6% | 18.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.1% | 10.1% | 12.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 10.0% | 10.9% | 5 |
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More public sector data for Belarus
- Arms imports 151.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 16.53 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -6.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 151.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 163.3 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.019 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -5.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.49 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 793.17 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services in Belarus?
- Taxes on goods and services in Belarus was 10.8% 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 Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 18.2% in 2006.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.0% in 2022.
- How does Belarus rank for taxes on goods and services?
- Belarus ranks 66th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus 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.