Taxes on international trade in Tonga
Tonga: Taxes on international trade was 4.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Tonga, 2013–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2023, taxes on international trade in Tonga stood at 4.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.2% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Tonga peaked at 7.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4.4%, in 2021.
Tonga ranks 69th of 154 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6.1% | — |
| 2014 | 5.0% | -17.9% |
| 2015 | 6.0% | +19.9% |
| 2016 | 7.7% | +29.7% |
| 2017 | 5.4% | -30.1% |
| 2018 | 6.3% | +15.6% |
| 2019 | 6.6% | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 5.1% | -23.8% |
| 2021 | 4.4% | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 4.4% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 4.8% | +9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.2% | 5.0% | 7.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 4.7% | 4.4% | 5.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 66 Mozambique 5.3% compare
- 67 Zambia 5.3% compare
- 68 Naoero 5.3% compare
- 70 El Salvador 4.7% compare
- 71 Guatemala 4.5% compare
- 72 Micronesia, Federated States of 4.5% compare
More public sector data for Tonga
- Arms imports 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 66.22 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0138 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2020)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 9,722 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2020)
- Tax revenue 20.5% (2023)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 8.9% (2023)
- Taxes on goods and services 30.0% (2023)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 6.8% (2023)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) 5.3% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Tonga?
- Taxes on international trade in Tonga was 4.8% 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 Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 7.7% in 2016.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.4% in 2021.
- How does Tonga rank for taxes on international trade?
- Tonga ranks 69th out of 154 countries with data for 2023.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tonga 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.