Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) was 2.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taxes on goods and services in Ethiopia, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % value added of industry and services.
Analysis
In 2024, taxes on goods and services in Ethiopia stood at 2.4%. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.2% on the previous year and down 69.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Ethiopia peaked at 7.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2024.
That places Ethiopia 144th out of 154 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % value added of industry and services | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 6.7% | — |
| 1991 | 7.1% | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 5.4% | -24.8% |
| 1993 | 5.2% | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 4.6% | -11.7% |
| 1995 | 4.2% | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 4.5% | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 6.7% | +48.8% |
| 1998 | 6.6% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 5.6% | -15.4% |
| 2001 | 3.1% | -44.5% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | +10.1% |
| 2003 | 3.4% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 3.5% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 3.3% | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 3.5% | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 3.0% | -13.5% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | +27.2% |
| 2009 | 3.2% | -17.5% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | -11.0% |
| 2011 | 4.6% | +62.0% |
| 2012 | 5.3% | +15.4% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | -17.0% |
| 2014 | 7.7% | +76.0% |
| 2015 | 6.9% | -10.4% |
| 2016 | 6.2% | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 5.7% | -8.9% |
| 2018 | 4.9% | -14.4% |
| 2019 | 4.9% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 4.5% | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | -22.0% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | -14.8% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | -11.3% |
| 2024 | 2.4% | -10.2% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 2.4% is below the median for low income countries, which is 8.1%, 30% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 2.4% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8.2%, 29% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Ethiopia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +76.0% | 4.4% | 7.7% |
| 2011 | +62.0% | 2.8% | 4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.7% | 4.2% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 5.3% | 2.8% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.2% | 2.4% | 4.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services in Ethiopia?
- Taxes on goods and services in Ethiopia was 2.4% 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2024.
- How does Ethiopia rank for taxes on goods and services?
- Ethiopia ranks 144th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.