Tunisia: Taxes on international trade

The latest value from 2012 is 5.87 percent, an increase from 5.05 percent in 2011. In comparison, the world average is 9.36 percent, based on data from 107 countries. Historically, the average for Tunisia from 1972 to 2012 is 19.01 percent. The minimum value, 5.05 percent, was reached in 2011 while the maximum of 31.3 percent was recorded in 1983. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

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.