Taxes on international trade in Ecuador
Ecuador: Taxes on international trade was 6.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Ecuador, 2013–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 6.4% for taxes on international trade in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.1% on the previous year and down 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Ecuador peaked at 10.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 2022.
That places Ecuador 57th out of 154 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Taxes on international trade in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 8.8% | — |
| 2014 | 9.0% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 10.9% | +20.2% |
| 2016 | 9.2% | -15.5% |
| 2017 | 8.9% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 7.5% | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 6.9% | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 6.4% | -9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8.9% | 7.5% | 10.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 6.8% | 6.4% | 7.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 54 Congo 6.6% compare
- 55 Mongolia 6.5% compare
- 56 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.5% compare
- 58 Iran, Islamic Republic of 6.0%
- 59 Trinidad and Tobago 6.0% compare
- 60 Tunisia 5.9%
More public sector data for Ecuador
- Arms imports 25.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.38 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 257.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 25.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 148.77 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0218 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 0.2229 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 2.70 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 28.18 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Ecuador?
- Taxes on international trade in Ecuador was 6.4% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 10.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 2022.
- How does Ecuador rank for taxes on international trade?
- Ecuador ranks 57th out of 154 countries with data for 2022.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.