Taxes on international trade in Georgia
Georgia: Taxes on international trade was 0.5% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taxes on international trade in Georgia, 1995–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, taxes on international trade in Georgia stood at 0.5%. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is down 22.1% on the previous year and down 54.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Georgia peaked at 9.2% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2024.
Georgia ranks 122nd of 154 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taxes on international trade in Georgia, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2.1% | — |
| 1996 | 4.3% | +102.5% |
| 1997 | 9.2% | +113.2% |
| 1998 | 8.7% | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 4.2% | -51.7% |
| 2000 | 6.0% | +43.3% |
| 2001 | 5.2% | -13.9% |
| 2002 | 5.6% | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 6.4% | +13.7% |
| 2004 | 6.4% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 4.6% | -28.6% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | -19.1% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -71.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | -13.6% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | -22.3% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | +77.5% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | +12.1% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -37.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +15.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -22.1% |
Georgia compared with similar countries
- Georgia's 0.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.5%, 11% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Georgia's 0.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4%, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on international trade in Georgia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +113.2% | 4.3% | 9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.7% | 2.1% | 9.2% | 5 |
| 2000s | 4.1% | 0.7% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
More public sector data for Georgia
- Arms imports 17.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 4.46 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 17.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 161.54 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.018 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 21.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 615.86 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Georgia?
- Taxes on international trade in Georgia was 0.5% 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 Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2% in 1997.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2024.
- How does Georgia rank for taxes on international trade?
- Georgia ranks 122nd out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Georgia 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.