Taxes on international trade in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Taxes on international trade was 1.0% in 2007. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Post-demographic dividend, 1973–2007
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Post-demographic dividend recorded 1.0% for taxes on international trade in 2007. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 3.1% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2007.
Post-demographic dividend ranks 36th of 41 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 2.2% | — |
| 1974 | 2.1% | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 3.1% | +45.9% |
| 1976 | 2.0% | -35.1% |
| 1977 | 1.9% | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 1.6% | -16.4% |
| 1979 | 1.5% | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 1.5% | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 1.5% | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 1.5% | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 1.4% | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 1.4% | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 1.1% | -21.6% |
| 1986 | 1.1% | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 1.2% | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 1.6% | +33.5% |
| 1990 | 1.6% | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 1.4% | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 2.1% | +41.9% |
| 1993 | 2.1% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 2.5% | +19.0% |
| 1995 | 1.8% | -27.2% |
| 1996 | 1.7% | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 1.5% | -14.4% |
| 1998 | 1.4% | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 1.3% | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 1.3% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.3% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 1.3% | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | -9.6% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | -3.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on international trade in Post-demographic dividend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +45.9% | 2.1% | 3.1% |
| 1992 | +41.9% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.0% | 1.5% | 3.1% | 7 |
| 1980s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.3% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend
More public sector data for Post-demographic dividend
- Arms imports 15.20 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 13.47 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 33.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 15.20 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,472 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0261 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 9.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.66 trillion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 365.72 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Post-demographic dividend?
- Taxes on international trade in Post-demographic dividend was 1.0% in 2007, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1% in 1975.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2007.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for taxes on international trade?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 36th out of 41 groups with data for 2007.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend 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.