Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 28.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cote d'Ivoire, 1990–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of total taxes.
Analysis
In 2023, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cote d'Ivoire stood at 28.8%.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cote d'Ivoire peaked at 30.1% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 10.8%, in 2002.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 114th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cote d'Ivoire, year by year
| Year | % of total taxes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 20.0% | — |
| 1995 | 16.8% | -16.1% |
| 2001 | 12.0% | -28.6% |
| 2002 | 10.8% | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 20.8% | +92.0% |
| 2004 | 20.1% | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 26.0% | +29.7% |
| 2006 | 27.9% | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 29.2% | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 30.1% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 25.4% | -15.6% |
| 2010 | 24.0% | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 26.5% | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 25.3% | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 27.2% | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 26.0% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 24.8% | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 24.7% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 25.3% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 27.6% | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 26.0% | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 26.0% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 25.7% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 29.5% | +14.8% |
| 2023 | 28.8% | -2.3% |
Cote d'Ivoire compared with similar countries
- Cote d'Ivoire's 28.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 35.7%, 81% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Cote d'Ivoire's 28.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 33.6%, 86% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cote d'Ivoire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +92.0% | 10.8% | 20.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.4% | 16.8% | 20.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 22.5% | 10.8% | 30.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 25.7% | 24.0% | 27.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.5% | 25.7% | 29.5% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cote d'Ivoire was 28.8% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 30.1% in 2008.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8% in 2002.
- How does Cote d'Ivoire rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 114th out of 153 countries with data for 2023.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cote d'Ivoire data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total taxes which includes all compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.