Taxes on international trade in Eswatini
Eswatini: Taxes on international trade was 35.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Eswatini, 1999–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 35.5% for taxes on international trade in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is down 20.2% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Eswatini peaked at 74.1% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 35.5%, in 2021.
Eswatini ranks 2nd of 154 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 45.9% | — |
| 2000 | 58.7% | +27.9% |
| 2001 | 57.9% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 57.8% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 57.9% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 66.0% | +14.0% |
| 2005 | 67.1% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 74.1% | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 69.8% | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 70.1% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 63.7% | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 47.2% | -26.0% |
| 2011 | 47.9% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 61.0% | +27.2% |
| 2014 | 50.3% | -17.5% |
| 2015 | 47.6% | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 36.8% | -22.7% |
| 2017 | 42.4% | +15.2% |
| 2018 | 37.4% | -11.9% |
| 2019 | 35.6% | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 44.5% | +24.9% |
| 2021 | 35.5% | -20.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.9% | 45.9% | 45.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 64.3% | 57.8% | 74.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.1% | 35.6% | 61.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 40.0% | 35.5% | 44.5% | 2 |
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More public sector data for Eswatini
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 64.09 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0164 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 12.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 79.66 million current USD (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 4,100 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
- Tax revenue 24.3% (2021)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 82.04 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 34.4% (2021)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 93.03 (2019)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Purchasing power 8.99 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Eswatini?
- Taxes on international trade in Eswatini was 35.5% 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 74.1% in 2006.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.5% in 2021.
- How does Eswatini rank for taxes on international trade?
- Eswatini ranks 2nd out of 154 countries with data for 2021.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.