Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Rwanda
Rwanda: Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) was 8.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on goods and services in Rwanda, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % value added of industry and services.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taxes on goods and services in Rwanda is 8.0%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Rwanda peaked at 11.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 1990.
Rwanda ranks 100th of 154 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | % value added of industry and services | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5.5% | — |
| 1991 | 5.7% | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 5.5% | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 10.2% | +85.5% |
| 2015 | 10.1% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 11.4% | +12.9% |
| 2017 | 10.6% | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 10.8% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 10.4% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 9.5% | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 8.5% | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 8.3% | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 8.0% | -4.1% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 8.0% is below the median for low income countries, which is 8.1%, 98% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 8.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8.2%, 96% 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 Rwanda 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 | +85.5% | 5.5% | 10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.6% | 5.5% | 5.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 10.5% | 10.1% | 11.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 8.9% | 8.0% | 10.4% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services in Rwanda?
- Taxes on goods and services in Rwanda was 8.0% 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 11.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 1990.
- How does Rwanda rank for taxes on goods and services?
- Rwanda ranks 100th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.