Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) was 9.3% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Bangladesh, 2001–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 9.3% for taxes on international trade in 2021.
The figure is up 8.2% on the previous year and down 62.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Bangladesh peaked at 32.6% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 8.6%, in 2020.
That places Bangladesh 41st out of 154 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 31.1% | — |
| 2002 | 29.9% | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 25.1% | -16.0% |
| 2004 | 32.6% | +29.6% |
| 2005 | 32.4% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 30.9% | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 27.1% | -12.4% |
| 2008 | 26.5% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 24.3% | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 24.3% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 24.6% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 23.4% | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 20.6% | -12.2% |
| 2014 | 20.4% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 23.7% | +16.0% |
| 2016 | 24.5% | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | -58.8% |
| 2018 | 10.0% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 9.3% | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | +8.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 9.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7.8%, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 9.3% is below the median for South Asia, which is 11.0%, 84% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Bangladesh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -58.8% | 24.5% | 10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.9% | 24.3% | 32.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 19.1% | 9.3% | 24.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.0% | 8.6% | 9.3% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Bangladesh?
- Taxes on international trade in Bangladesh was 9.3% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 32.6% in 2004.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.6% in 2020.
- How does Bangladesh rank for taxes on international trade?
- Bangladesh ranks 41st out of 154 countries with data for 2021.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.