Taxes on international trade in Angola
Angola: Taxes on international trade was 2.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Angola, 1999–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Angola recorded 2.6% for taxes on international trade in 2024.
That represents a change of up 26.4% on the previous year and down 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Angola peaked at 8.6% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2000.
That places Angola 98th out of 154 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Angola, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.0% | — |
| 2000 | 1.6% | -21.6% |
| 2001 | 3.2% | +107.2% |
| 2002 | 4.5% | +39.3% |
| 2003 | 4.5% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 4.6% | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 4.2% | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 2.3% | -46.7% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | +16.8% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | +44.0% |
| 2009 | 8.6% | +125.9% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | -55.8% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | -36.6% |
| 2012 | 2.5% | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 4.1% | +55.8% |
| 2015 | 5.0% | +21.0% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | -31.0% |
| 2017 | 3.6% | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 3.7% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | -17.0% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | -17.1% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | -12.3% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | -24.0% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | +18.7% |
| 2024 | 2.6% | +26.4% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 2.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7.8%, 33% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Angola's 2.6% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11.2%, 23% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.0% | 1.6% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.4% | 2.4% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
More public sector data for Angola
- Arms imports 16.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4223 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 6.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 16.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 24.34 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0089 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -26.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 922.05 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 12.03 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Angola?
- Taxes on international trade in Angola was 2.6% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 8.6% in 2009.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2000.
- How does Angola rank for taxes on international trade?
- Angola ranks 98th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on international trade (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes on international trade are taxes that become payable when goods cross the national or customs frontiers of the economic territory or when transactions in services exchange between residents and non-residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.