Taxes on international trade in Togo
Togo: Taxes on international trade was 15.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Togo, 2004–2023
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 Togo is 15.3%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Togo peaked at 21.7% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 14.8%, in 2020.
That places Togo 19th out of 154 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Togo, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 20.0% | — |
| 2005 | 21.7% | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 19.2% | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 19.6% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 21.3% | +8.8% |
| 2009 | 18.3% | -14.1% |
| 2010 | 17.6% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 18.3% | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 19.7% | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 20.0% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 20.0% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 18.5% | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 16.9% | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 16.7% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 15.6% | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 15.9% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 14.8% | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 16.5% | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 16.2% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 15.3% | -5.6% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 15.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7.8%, 2.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Togo's 15.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 11.2%, 1.4× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.0% | 18.3% | 21.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 17.9% | 15.6% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 14.8% | 16.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 16 Nepal 16.6% compare
- 17 Guinea-Bissau 16.0% compare
- 18 Sudan 15.7% compare
- 20 Cape Verde 15.0% compare
- 21 Argentina 15.0% compare
- 22 Madagascar 14.6% compare
More public sector data for Togo
- Arms imports 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.2432 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -96.61 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 23.24 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0184 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -29.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 195.35 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 36.77 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Togo?
- Taxes on international trade in Togo was 15.3% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 21.7% in 2005.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 2020.
- How does Togo rank for taxes on international trade?
- Togo ranks 19th out of 154 countries with data for 2023.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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.