Taxes on international trade in World
World: Taxes on international trade was 3.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in World, 2003–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
World recorded 3.7% for taxes on international trade in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.8% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in World peaked at 6.1% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 2022.
That places World 21st out of 41 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in World, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6.1% | — |
| 2004 | 5.6% | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | -11.5% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 4.4% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 5.1% | +26.1% |
| 2016 | 4.6% | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 4.4% | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 4.0% | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 3.9% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 4.1% | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 3.7% | -7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.3% | 4.7% | 6.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 4.0% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 3.7% | 4.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near World
- 18 Sudan 15.7% compare
- 19 Togo 15.3% compare
- 20 Cape Verde 15.0% compare
- 21 Argentina 15.0% compare
- 22 Madagascar 14.6% compare
- 23 Belize 14.2% compare
- 24 Solomon Islands 13.5% compare
More public sector data for World
- Arms imports 28.82 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.54 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -2.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 28.82 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 325.74 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0237 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 11.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 2.65 trillion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 228.6 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in World?
- Taxes on international trade in World was 3.7% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 6.1% in 2003.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 2022.
- How does World rank for taxes on international trade?
- World ranks 21st out of 41 groups with data for 2022.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.