Taxes on international trade in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Taxes on international trade was 18.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Ethiopia, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, taxes on international trade in Ethiopia stood at 18.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Ethiopia peaked at 48.9% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 1990.
Ethiopia ranks 11th of 154 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 14.3% | — |
| 1991 | 16.8% | +17.1% |
| 1992 | 18.5% | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 21.3% | +15.3% |
| 1994 | 27.3% | +28.4% |
| 1995 | 27.2% | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 24.9% | -8.4% |
| 1997 | 26.2% | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 25.1% | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 24.9% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 25.9% | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 33.5% | +29.5% |
| 2003 | 31.3% | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 32.7% | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 33.9% | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 48.1% | +42.2% |
| 2007 | 48.9% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 30.2% | -38.1% |
| 2009 | 24.8% | -17.9% |
| 2010 | 29.1% | +17.2% |
| 2011 | 29.7% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 38.3% | +29.2% |
| 2013 | 33.2% | -13.4% |
| 2014 | 19.2% | -42.1% |
| 2015 | 18.8% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 19.3% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 18.7% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 21.9% | +16.8% |
| 2019 | 15.2% | -30.6% |
| 2020 | 17.8% | +17.3% |
| 2021 | 17.1% | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 18.5% | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 18.3% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 18.5% | +1.2% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 18.5% is above the median for low income countries, which is 10.7%, 1.7× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 18.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11.2%, 1.6× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.6% | 14.3% | 27.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.4% | 24.8% | 48.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 15.2% | 38.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.1% | 17.1% | 18.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 8 Philippines 20.8% compare
- 9 Gabon 19.8% compare
- 10 Somalia 18.5% compare
- 12 Maldives 17.7% compare
- 13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.6% compare
- 14 Tanzania, United Republic of 16.9% compare
More public sector data for Ethiopia
- Arms imports 48.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.3635 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -95.56 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 48.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 6.98 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0062 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -34.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 921.66 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1.77 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Ethiopia?
- Taxes on international trade in Ethiopia was 18.5% 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 48.9% in 2007.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 1990.
- How does Ethiopia rank for taxes on international trade?
- Ethiopia ranks 11th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.