Taxes on international trade in IDA blend
IDA blend: Taxes on international trade was 7.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in IDA blend, 2011–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
IDA blend recorded 7.5% for taxes on international trade in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in IDA blend peaked at 14.5% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 2018.
That places IDA blend 14th out of 41 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14.5% | — |
| 2012 | 11.8% | -18.8% |
| 2014 | 9.1% | -22.8% |
| 2015 | 9.5% | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 10.6% | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | -26.7% |
| 2018 | 6.7% | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 7.2% | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 8.0% | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 7.5% | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.6% | 6.7% | 14.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 7.7% | 7.5% | 8.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
- 11 Ethiopia 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
- 15 Burkina Faso 16.6% compare
- 16 Nepal 16.6% compare
- 17 Guinea-Bissau 16.0% compare
More public sector data for IDA blend
- Arms imports 1.10 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.62 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -57.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.10 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 21.19 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0128 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -6.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 14.35 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 529.41 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in IDA blend?
- Taxes on international trade in IDA blend was 7.5% 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 IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2011.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 2018.
- How does IDA blend rank for taxes on international trade?
- IDA blend ranks 14th out of 41 groups with data for 2021.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA blend 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.