Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Ecuador
Ecuador: Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) 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 (% of revenue) 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% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 6.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.5%, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 6.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.7%, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
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 Democratic Republic of Congo 6.5% compare
- 58 Iran 6.0%
- 59 Trinidad and Tobago 6.0% compare
- 60 Tunisia 5.9%
More public sector data for Ecuador
- Democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Arms imports 30.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2025)
- 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)
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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.