
Equatorial Guinea: Taxes on international trade
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| Equatorial Guinea |
Taxes on international trade, percent of total revenue |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 1.13 |
| Year | 2022 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 2006 - 2022 |
| Average | 1.00 |
| Min - Max | 0.24 - 1.85 |
| Source | The World Bank |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2022 is 1.13 percent, a decline from 1.26 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 6.39 percent, based on data from 92 countries. Historically, the average for Equatorial Guinea from 2006 to 2022 is 1 percent. The minimum value, 0.24 percent, was reached in 2008 while the maximum of 1.85 percent was recorded in 2016.
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| Recent values | Equatorial Guinea: Taxes on international trade |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.13 |
| 2021 | 1.26 |
| 2020 | 1.46 |
| 2019 | 1.61 |
| 2018 | 1.34 |
| 2017 | 1.65 |
| 2016 | 1.85 |
| 2015 | 0.86 |
Definition: 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.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Government spending, in dollars | 4.16 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Fiscal balance, percent of GDP | -0.55 | 2024 | percent |
| Primary budget balance | 0.54 | 2024 | percent |
| Tax revenue | 6.60 | 2022 | percent |
| Taxes on goods and services | 3.95 | 2022 | percent |
| Taxes on international trade | 1.13 | 2022 | percent |
| Income and profits taxes | 19.75 | 2022 | percent |
| Foreign aid | 11.66 | 2023 | million U.S. dollars |
| Government debt | 36.44 | 2024 | percent |