Taxes on international trade in Malawi
Malawi: Taxes on international trade was 6.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on international trade in Malawi, 2009–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, taxes on international trade in Malawi stood at 6.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Malawi peaked at 8.0% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 5.8%, in 2010.
That places Malawi 53rd out of 154 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6.5% | — |
| 2010 | 5.8% | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 6.4% | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 7.0% | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 8.0% | +14.7% |
| 2015 | 7.6% | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 6.9% | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 7.6% | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 7.8% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 6.7% | -14.1% |
| 2021 | 6.6% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 7.5% | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 7.4% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 5.8% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 6.6% | 7.5% | 5 |
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More public sector data for Malawi
- Arms imports 19.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.9237 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2016)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 19.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 5.43 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0104 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -21.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 117.59 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 201.53 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Malawi?
- Taxes on international trade in Malawi was 6.8% 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 8.0% in 2014.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8% in 2010.
- How does Malawi rank for taxes on international trade?
- Malawi ranks 53rd out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.