Taxes on international trade in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Taxes on international trade was 10.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Taxes on international trade in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 2010–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) recorded 10.3% for taxes on international trade in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 11.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2010.
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 4th of 41 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8.9% | — |
| 2012 | 9.5% | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 9.5% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 9.2% | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 10.6% | +15.5% |
| 2016 | 9.8% | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 9.9% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 11.0% | +12.1% |
| 2019 | 10.0% | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 9.8% | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.8% | 8.9% | 11.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 10.1% | 9.8% | 10.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
More public sector data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Arms imports 387.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4116 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 -31.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 387.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 14.3 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0117 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 13.44 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 28.9 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Taxes on international trade in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 10.3% 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2010.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for taxes on international trade?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 4th out of 41 groups with data for 2021.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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.