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Taxes on international trade, percent of total revenue, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 10 countries was 4.96 percent. The highest value was in the Bahamas: 15.67 percent and the lowest value was in Canada: 1.39 percent. The indicator is available from 1972 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Taxes on international trade, 2021 Global rank Available data
Bahamas 15.67 1 1990 - 2022
Costa Rica 6.7 2 2002 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 5.64 3 2003 - 2022
Guatemala 4.34 4 1990 - 2022
El Salvador 4.01 5 2002 - 2021
Panama 3.79 6 2014 - 2021
Nicaragua 3.16 7 1990 - 2022
USA 3.1 8 1989 - 2022
Mexico 1.82 9 1991 - 2022
Canada 1.39 10 1990 - 2022


New - World map: Taxes on international trade




Definition: Taxes on international trade include import duties, export duties, profits of export or import monopolies, exchange profits, and exchange taxes.

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