Taxes on exports (current LCU) by country

Export taxes are taxes on goods or services that become payable to government when the goods leave the economic territory or when the services are delivered to non-residents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is...

Countries reporting
77
Highest
5.69 trillion current LCU
Argentina
Lowest
6,860 current LCU
Eswatini
Median
253.74 million current LCU
Years covered
53
1972–2024
Data points
1,550

What the numbers show

Taxes on exports (current LCU) is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 5.69 trillion current LCU in Argentina; the lowest is 6,860 current LCU in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 253.74 million current LCU, and the mean is 144.85 billion current LCU.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 119,649,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 99.8%).

Taxes on exports: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Argentina 5.69 trillion current LCU 2024 up 6,943.4% volatile
2 Kazakhstan 2.14 trillion current LCU 2023 up 45.6% volatile
3 Cote d'Ivoire 995.20 billion current LCU 2023 up 217.5% volatile
4 Russia 882.28 billion current LCU 2024 down 80.7% volatile
5 Indonesia 564.96 billion current LCU 2009 down 34.2% volatile
6 Laos 414.42 billion current LCU 2022 up 294.4% volatile
7 Cambodia 131.58 billion current LCU 2023 down 39.6% volatile
8 Tanzania 97.51 billion current LCU 2024 up 248.3% volatile
9 Angola 82.32 billion current LCU 2024 up 119,649,000.0% volatile
10 Cameroon 38.51 billion current LCU 2021 up 413.5% volatile
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 31.66 billion current LCU 2022 up 140.8% volatile
12 Uganda 17.66 billion current LCU 2024 up 33.9% rising
13 Guinea-Bissau 13.96 billion current LCU 2024 up 51.7% rising
14 Costa Rica 10.93 billion current LCU 2024 up 125.1% volatile
15 Madagascar 8.78 billion current LCU 1995 up 19.0% falling
16 Congo 8.33 billion current LCU 2021 up 183,477.0% volatile
17 Equatorial Guinea 3.16 billion current LCU 2022 up 37.4% volatile
18 Niger 3.15 billion current LCU 1980 rising
19 Morocco 3.00 billion current LCU 2011 up 99,900.0% volatile
20 Sri Lanka 2.23 billion current LCU 2023 down 16.6% volatile
21 Malaysia 2.09 billion current LCU 2024 up 10.5% rising
22 Belarus 1.75 billion current LCU 2024 up 155.2% volatile
23 India 1.12 billion current LCU 2018 down 93.7% volatile
24 Afghanistan 1.11 billion current LCU 2017 up 31,618.6% volatile
25 Togo 1.00 billion current LCU 2023 down 46.7% rising
26 Benin 758.00 million current LCU 1980 up 117.2% rising
27 Ukraine 686.90 million current LCU 2024 up 212.1% volatile
28 Namibia 560.05 million current LCU 2024 up 559,946.0% volatile
29 Norway 541.00 million current LCU 2024 up 162.6% volatile
30 South Africa 532.55 million current LCU 2024 up 354.9% volatile
31 Mauritius 400.30 million current LCU 1994 down 9.4% volatile
32 Burkina Faso 378.11 million current LCU 2024 down 16.9% falling
33 Zambia 364.75 million current LCU 2024 up 17,719.0% volatile
34 Nepal 350.12 million current LCU 2023 down 20.3% volatile
35 Solomon Islands 347.60 million current LCU 2024 down 30.1% falling
36 Papua New Guinea 299.75 million current LCU 2024 up 9.2% volatile
37 Egypt 289.40 million current LCU 2011 up 28,840.0% volatile
38 Ghana 268.53 million current LCU 2016 up 115.1% volatile
39 Burundi 253.74 million current LCU 2021 up 56.6% volatile
40 Bahamas 246.54 million current LCU 2024 up 2,149.9% volatile
41 Honduras 113.90 million current LCU 1981 up 1,798.3% volatile
42 Kyrgyzstan 39.60 million current LCU 2024 up 1,984.2% volatile
43 Rwanda 38.21 million current LCU 2022 volatile
44 Lesotho 38.16 million current LCU 2018 volatile
45 Maldives 33.52 million current LCU 2021 up 250,629.0% volatile
46 Uruguay 25.77 million current LCU 2003 up 186.3% volatile
47 Thailand 23.14 million current LCU 2024 down 91.3% volatile
48 Mongolia 21.80 million current LCU 2024 down 88.6% volatile
49 Tunisia 20.30 million current LCU 2012 up 113.7% rising
50 Australia 11.00 million current LCU 2017 down 21.4% volatile
50 New Zealand 11.00 million current LCU 1988 up 37.5% rising
52 Fiji 10.10 million current LCU 2024 up 1.2% falling
53 Bolivia 9.60 million current LCU 1989 volatile
54 Dominican Republic 7.66 million current LCU 2015 down 43.5% volatile
55 Peru 7.48 million current LCU 1992 up 6,285,610.0% volatile
56 Bangladesh 5.89 million current LCU 2021 down 52.9% volatile
57 Brazil 5.84 million current LCU 2024 down 96.4% volatile
58 Ethiopia 4.68 million current LCU 2024 down 99.8% volatile
59 Poland 3.33 million current LCU 1988 falling
60 Azerbaijan 2.18 million current LCU 2024 up 210.9% volatile
61 Vanuatu 1.98 million current LCU 2023 up 56.0% volatile
62 Portugal 1.85 million current LCU 1988 up 270.0% volatile
63 Iceland 1.64 million current LCU 2010 down 86.3% volatile
64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.30 million current LCU 1998 down 55.2% volatile
65 Botswana 1.24 million current LCU 2023 down 45.4% volatile
66 United Kingdom 1.00 million current LCU 1993 down 92.3% volatile
67 Austria 726,728 current LCU 1990 down 98.0% volatile
68 Mexico 483,863 current LCU 2024 down 39.5% volatile
69 Bhutan 104,000 current LCU 2008 down 99.4% volatile
70 Cyprus 68,344 current LCU 1976 rising
71 Latvia 31,000 current LCU 1999 volatile
72 Greece 29,347 current LCU 1981 unchanged volatile
73 Belize 12,000 current LCU 1996 down 99.5% falling
74 Bulgaria 10,226 current LCU 2002 down 97.2% volatile
75 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10,000 current LCU 1994 volatile
76 Guatemala 6,994 current LCU 2024 up 355.1% volatile
77 Eswatini 6,860 current LCU 2018 up 128.7% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Taxes on exports (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
77 places, 1,550 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Export taxes are taxes on goods or services that become payable to government when the goods leave the economic territory or when the services are delivered to non-residents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.