Taxes on international trade in OECD members
OECD members: Taxes on international trade was 0.4% in 2004. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in OECD members, 1972–2004
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taxes on international trade in OECD members is 0.4%, measured in 2004. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 60.9% on the previous year and down 86.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in OECD members peaked at 5.3% in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2004.
That places OECD members 38th out of 41 groups with data for 2004, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 5.3% | — |
| 1973 | 4.7% | -11.1% |
| 1974 | 4.5% | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 4.6% | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 4.2% | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 4.0% | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 3.8% | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 3.5% | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 3.1% | -12.2% |
| 1981 | 3.5% | +13.6% |
| 1982 | 3.4% | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 3.6% | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 3.4% | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 3.2% | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 2.4% | -25.2% |
| 1987 | 2.6% | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 2.2% | -12.5% |
| 1989 | 2.0% | -10.6% |
| 1990 | 1.6% | -19.4% |
| 1991 | 1.5% | -7.9% |
| 1992 | 2.3% | +55.2% |
| 1993 | 2.1% | -9.9% |
| 1994 | 3.2% | +53.4% |
| 1995 | 2.2% | -32.2% |
| 1996 | 2.1% | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 1.8% | -12.9% |
| 1998 | 1.5% | -16.3% |
| 1999 | 1.3% | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 1.1% | -17.5% |
| 2001 | 1.1% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -60.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.3% | 3.5% | 5.3% | 8 |
| 1980s | 3.0% | 2.0% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.0% | 1.3% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in OECD members?
- Taxes on international trade in OECD members was 0.4% in 2004, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 1972.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2004.
- How does OECD members rank for taxes on international trade?
- OECD members ranks 38th out of 41 groups with data for 2004.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.