Taxes on international trade in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Taxes on international trade was 9.3% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Lower middle income, 2002–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 9.3% for taxes on international trade in 2021.
The figure is up 8.2% on the previous year and up 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Lower middle income peaked at 13.5% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 2013.
Lower middle income ranks 12th of 41 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 13.5% | — |
| 2003 | 11.3% | -16.0% |
| 2004 | 11.3% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 10.0% | -11.6% |
| 2006 | 12.1% | +21.9% |
| 2007 | 11.4% | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 12.0% | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 10.4% | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 7.7% | -25.8% |
| 2011 | 7.4% | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 8.1% | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 6.7% | -17.7% |
| 2014 | 7.8% | +17.2% |
| 2015 | 9.1% | +15.9% |
| 2016 | 9.6% | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 8.7% | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 6.7% | -22.5% |
| 2019 | 8.6% | +27.2% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | +8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.5% | 10.0% | 13.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 6.7% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.0% | 8.6% | 9.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
- 9 Gabon 19.8% compare
- 10 Somalia 18.5% compare
- 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
More public sector data for Lower middle income
- Arms imports 3.03 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.04 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -52.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 3.03 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 43.69 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0186 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 127.03 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 338.17 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Lower middle income?
- Taxes on international trade in Lower middle income was 9.3% 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 13.5% in 2002.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 2013.
- How does Lower middle income rank for taxes on international trade?
- Lower middle income ranks 12th out of 41 groups with data for 2021.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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.