Taxes on international trade in Middle income
Middle income: Taxes on international trade was 4.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Middle income, 2002–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2023, taxes on international trade in Middle income stood at 4.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Middle income peaked at 10.6% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 4.4%, in 2019.
That places Middle income 20th out of 41 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Middle income, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10.6% | — |
| 2003 | 8.6% | -18.9% |
| 2004 | 8.3% | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 8.0% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 7.0% | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 6.6% | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 6.3% | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 6.0% | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 6.1% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 5.5% | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 5.7% | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 4.6% | -19.3% |
| 2014 | 5.0% | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 5.3% | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 4.9% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 4.6% | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 4.4% | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 4.7% | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 4.4% | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 4.4% | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 4.4% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.7% | 6.0% | 10.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 4.4% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
- 17 Guinea-Bissau 16.0% compare
- 18 Sudan 15.7% compare
- 19 Togo 15.3% compare
- 20 Cape Verde 15.0% compare
- 21 Argentina 15.0% compare
- 22 Madagascar 14.6% compare
- 23 Belize 14.2% compare
More public sector data for Middle income
- Arms imports 11.09 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.85 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 -22.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 11.09 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 113.52 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0174 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 678.38 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 224.76 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Middle income?
- Taxes on international trade in Middle income was 4.4% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 2002.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.4% in 2019.
- How does Middle income rank for taxes on international trade?
- Middle income ranks 20th out of 41 groups with data for 2023.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.