Taxes on international trade in Ukraine
Ukraine: Taxes on international trade was 1.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Ukraine, 1999–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, taxes on international trade in Ukraine stood at 1.3%.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and down 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Ukraine peaked at 5.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2022.
That places Ukraine 108th out of 154 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4.1% | — |
| 2000 | 4.1% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 4.2% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 4.2% | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | +30.1% |
| 2004 | 5.5% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | -13.1% |
| 2007 | 4.5% | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | -16.0% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | -41.2% |
| 2010 | 2.5% | +11.4% |
| 2011 | 2.5% | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 2.5% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | -18.3% |
| 2015 | 5.7% | +174.6% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | -50.9% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | -48.5% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | +2.1% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 1.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.5%, 29% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 1.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4%, 3.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on international trade in Ukraine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +174.6% | 2.1% | 5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.3% | 2.2% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 2.1% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
More public sector data for Ukraine
- Arms imports 5.23 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 138.14 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0274 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 21.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 5.23 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,709 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.3391 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -0.3127 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 64.70 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 7,406 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Ukraine?
- Taxes on international trade in Ukraine was 1.3% 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 5.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2022.
- How does Ukraine rank for taxes on international trade?
- Ukraine ranks 108th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.