Taxes on international trade in Sudan
Sudan: Taxes on international trade was 15.7% in 2016. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Sudan, 1998–2016
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2016, taxes on international trade in Sudan stood at 15.7%.
The figure is down 5.9% on the previous year and up 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Sudan peaked at 28.9% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 7.9%, in 2011.
That places Sudan 18th out of 154 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Sudan, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 27.3% | — |
| 1999 | 28.9% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 12.7% | -55.9% |
| 2010 | 13.9% | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 7.9% | -43.0% |
| 2012 | 21.1% | +167.0% |
| 2013 | 19.9% | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 15.4% | -22.3% |
| 2015 | 16.6% | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 15.7% | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.1% | 27.3% | 28.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.7% | 12.7% | 12.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 15.8% | 7.9% | 21.1% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 15 Burkina Faso 16.6% compare
- 16 Nepal 16.6% compare
- 17 Guinea-Bissau 16.0%
- 19 Togo 15.3% compare
- 20 Cape Verde 15.0% compare
- 21 Argentina 15.0% compare
More public sector data for Sudan
- Arms imports 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.0396 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -66.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 7.81 current USD per person (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.011 current USD per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -59.84 % change on previous year (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 375.21 million current USD (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 3.21 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Sudan?
- Taxes on international trade in Sudan was 15.7% in 2016, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 28.9% in 1999.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.9% in 2011.
- How does Sudan rank for taxes on international trade?
- Sudan ranks 18th out of 154 countries with data for 2016.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan 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.