Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Moldova
Moldova: Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) was 2.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Moldova, 1996–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 2.5% for taxes on international trade in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.7% on the previous year and down 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Moldova peaked at 7.2% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2024.
Moldova ranks 98th of 154 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4.7% | — |
| 1997 | 3.7% | -22.4% |
| 1998 | 3.8% | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 7.2% | +91.5% |
| 2000 | 5.3% | -27.4% |
| 2001 | 5.2% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 5.9% | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 6.5% | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 5.3% | -18.1% |
| 2005 | 5.5% | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 4.1% | -24.6% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | +12.6% |
| 2008 | 5.1% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 4.3% | -14.4% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 4.4% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 3.8% | -14.0% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | -12.7% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 3.1% | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 3.0% | -7.6% |
| 2024 | 2.5% | -14.7% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 2.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.5%, 56% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 2.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4%, 6.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Moldova changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +91.5% | 3.8% | 7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.9% | 3.7% | 7.2% | 4 |
| 2000s | 5.2% | 4.1% | 6.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 3.1% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 2.5% | 3.2% | 5 |
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- Elected parliament, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Moldova?
- Taxes on international trade in Moldova was 2.5% 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 Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 1999.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2024.
- How does Moldova rank for taxes on international trade?
- Moldova ranks 98th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova 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.