Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Argentina
Argentina: Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) was 15.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on international trade in Argentina, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 15.0% for taxes on international trade in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.5% on the previous year and up 39.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Argentina peaked at 20.1% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2001.
Argentina ranks 21st of 154 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Argentina, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 14.2% | — |
| 1991 | 7.9% | -44.6% |
| 1992 | 7.8% | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 7.6% | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 7.3% | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 5.2% | -28.4% |
| 1996 | 6.6% | +25.5% |
| 1997 | 7.6% | +15.5% |
| 1998 | 6.6% | -13.0% |
| 1999 | 5.6% | -15.5% |
| 2000 | 4.9% | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 4.3% | -12.4% |
| 2002 | 13.6% | +218.3% |
| 2003 | 16.5% | +20.8% |
| 2004 | 15.8% | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 15.8% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 14.6% | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 15.7% | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 20.1% | +27.9% |
| 2009 | 13.7% | -32.0% |
| 2010 | 15.7% | +14.5% |
| 2011 | 15.3% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 13.9% | -9.4% |
| 2013 | 10.7% | -22.8% |
| 2014 | 10.8% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 8.0% | -25.2% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | -11.6% |
| 2017 | 6.4% | -9.9% |
| 2018 | 7.4% | +16.2% |
| 2019 | 13.9% | +86.1% |
| 2020 | 13.4% | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 15.0% | +12.4% |
| 2022 | 15.7% | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 11.2% | -28.6% |
| 2024 | 15.0% | +33.5% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 15.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.5%, 3.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 15.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.7%, 3.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Argentina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +218.3% | 4.3% | 13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.6% | 5.2% | 14.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.5% | 4.3% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 6.4% | 15.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.1% | 11.2% | 15.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 18 Sudan 15.7% compare
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- 22 Madagascar 14.6% compare
- 23 Belize 14.2% compare
- 24 Solomon Islands 13.5% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Argentina?
- Taxes on international trade in Argentina was 15.0% 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 20.1% in 2008.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2001.
- How does Argentina rank for taxes on international trade?
- Argentina ranks 21st out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.