Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Mongolia
Mongolia: Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) was 6.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Mongolia, 1992–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 6.5% for taxes on international trade in 2024.
The figure is up 9.6% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Mongolia peaked at 14.6% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1998.
Mongolia ranks 55th of 154 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 14.6% | — |
| 1993 | 13.6% | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 11.7% | -14.1% |
| 1995 | 8.7% | -25.3% |
| 1996 | 11.2% | +28.5% |
| 1997 | 5.3% | -52.7% |
| 1998 | 0.8% | -84.2% |
| 1999 | 4.4% | +427.1% |
| 2000 | 7.4% | +66.1% |
| 2001 | 7.4% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 6.1% | -18.1% |
| 2003 | 5.7% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | -16.5% |
| 2007 | 5.3% | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 7.4% | +38.6% |
| 2009 | 6.1% | -17.7% |
| 2010 | 6.4% | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 8.5% | +31.8% |
| 2012 | 7.1% | -16.4% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 6.2% | -12.7% |
| 2015 | 5.9% | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 6.1% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 8.0% | +31.4% |
| 2018 | 7.1% | -11.2% |
| 2019 | 6.2% | -12.9% |
| 2020 | 6.6% | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 6.5% | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 6.0% | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 6.5% | +9.6% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 6.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.5%, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 6.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4.5%, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Mongolia 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 | +427.1% | 0.8% | 4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.8% | 0.8% | 14.6% | 8 |
| 2000s | 6.3% | 4.7% | 7.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 6.9% | 5.9% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.5% | 6.0% | 7.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More public sector data for Mongolia
- Democracy, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
- Universal right to vote, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Arms imports 3.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.8737 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -88 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Mongolia?
- Taxes on international trade in Mongolia was 6.5% 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.6% in 1992.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1998.
- How does Mongolia rank for taxes on international trade?
- Mongolia ranks 55th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.