Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Tanzania
Tanzania: Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) was 17.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on international trade in Tanzania, 2009–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, taxes on international trade in Tanzania stood at 17.5%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.2% on the previous year and up 170.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Tanzania peaked at 17.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.2%, in 2009.
That places Tanzania 14th out of 154 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5.2% | — |
| 2010 | 5.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5.7% | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 5.9% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 6.5% | +20.2% |
| 2015 | 6.3% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 8.9% | +41.5% |
| 2017 | 8.7% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 16.3% | +87.4% |
| 2019 | 16.3% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 14.6% | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 15.7% | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 15.9% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 16.2% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 17.5% | +8.2% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 17.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7.8%, 2.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 17.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11.2%, 1.6× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Tanzania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +87.4% | 8.7% | 16.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 8.5% | 5.2% | 16.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.0% | 14.6% | 17.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 11 Ethiopia 18.5% compare
- 12 Maldives 17.7% compare
- 13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.6% compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 16.6% compare
- 16 Nepal 16.6% compare
- 17 Guinea-Bissau 16.0% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Tanzania?
- Taxes on international trade in Tanzania was 17.5% 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 17.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2% in 2009.
- How does Tanzania rank for taxes on international trade?
- Tanzania ranks 14th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 170.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania 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.