Taxes on international trade in Sweden
Sweden: Taxes on international trade was 0.9% in 1994. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Sweden, 1972–1994
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 1994, taxes on international trade in Sweden stood at 0.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.7% on the previous year and up 65.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Sweden peaked at 1.9% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1986.
Sweden ranks 119th of 154 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1.4% | — |
| 1973 | 1.4% | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 1.3% | -7.3% |
| 1975 | 1.9% | +49.9% |
| 1976 | 1.5% | -22.0% |
| 1977 | 1.5% | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 1.1% | -23.6% |
| 1979 | 1.1% | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 1.1% | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 1.2% | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.6% | -51.1% |
| 1983 | 0.6% | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 0.5% | -12.6% |
| 1985 | 0.5% | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.5% | -12.1% |
| 1987 | 0.5% | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.6% | +18.0% |
| 1989 | 0.5% | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 0.5% | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.5% | -8.4% |
| 1992 | 0.8% | +61.3% |
| 1993 | 0.9% | +17.8% |
| 1994 | 0.9% | -4.7% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 0.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.4%, 2.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 0.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4%, 2.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on international trade in Sweden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +61.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More public sector data for Sweden
- Arms imports 66.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 6.24 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -32.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 66.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,139 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0199 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 37.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 12.04 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 240.63 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Sweden?
- Taxes on international trade in Sweden was 0.9% in 1994, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.9% in 1975.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1986.
- How does Sweden rank for taxes on international trade?
- Sweden ranks 119th out of 154 countries with data for 1994.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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.