Taxes as a % of price: ad valorem excise by country
Countries reporting
131
Highest
74.2%
San Marino
Lowest
0.0%
Turkmenistan
Median
16.5%
Years covered
15
2008–2022
Data points
1,467
What the numbers show
Taxes as a % of price: ad valorem excise is currently reported for 131 countries. The highest value is 74.2% in San Marino; the lowest is 0.0% in Turkmenistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.5%, and the mean is 21.2%.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 231.9%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).
Taxes as a % of price: ad valorem excise: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Marino | 74.2% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 66.8% | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | Türkiye | 63.0% | 2022 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 4 | Comoros | 62.2% | 2022 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 5 | Sudan | 62.2% | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 6 | Argentina | 61.9% | 2022 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 7 | France | 55.0% | 2022 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 8 | Finland | 52.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Italy | 51.2% | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 10 | Morocco | 51.1% | 2022 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Spain | 51.0% | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 12 | Egypt | 50.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Qatar | 50.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | 48.8% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Oman | 48.8% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Bahrain | 47.6% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Yemen | 47.4% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 46.9% | 2022 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 46.5% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 45.6% | 2022 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 21 | Eritrea | 44.6% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Panama | 43.5% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Belgium | 40.0% | 2022 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 25 | Madagascar | 39.9% | 2022 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 26 | Israel | 39.4% | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 38.3% | 2022 | up 216.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Guatemala | 38.3% | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 29 | Mexico | 38.2% | 2022 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 30 | Rwanda | 36.0% | 2022 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 31 | Cyprus | 34.0% | 2022 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 31 | Croatia | 34.0% | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 33 | Palestine, State of | 33.8% | 2022 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 34 | China | 33.5% | 2022 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 35 | Senegal | 33.4% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Tunisia | 33.2% | 2022 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 37 | Austria | 33.0% | 2022 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 37 | Serbia | 33.0% | 2022 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 39 | Poland | 32.0% | 2022 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 40 | Chile | 30.0% | 2022 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 40 | Czechia | 30.0% | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 40 | Estonia | 30.0% | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 40 | Georgia | 30.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Grenada | 29.4% | 2022 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 28.2% | 2022 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 46 | Viet Nam | 26.8% | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 47 | Greece | 26.0% | 2022 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 47 | Montenegro | 26.0% | 2022 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 25.0% | 2022 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 49 | Switzerland | 25.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Lithuania | 25.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Côte d'Ivoire | 24.2% | 2022 | up 102.3% | rising |
| 53 | Slovenia | 23.5% | 2022 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 54 | Hungary | 23.5% | 2022 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 55 | Malta | 23.4% | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 56 | Thailand | 23.4% | 2022 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 57 | Slovakia | 23.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Nigeria | 21.5% | 2022 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 59 | El Salvador | 21.2% | 2022 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 20.3% | 2022 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 61 | Syria | 20.0% | 2020 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 62 | Germany | 19.8% | 2022 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 63 | Central African Republic | 19.1% | 2022 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 64 | Niger | 18.8% | 2022 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 65 | Tuvalu | 17.2% | 2022 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 66 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16.5% | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 67 | Russian Federation | 16.0% | 2022 | up 113.3% | rising |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 15.4% | 2022 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 69 | Latvia | 15.0% | 2022 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 70 | Cambodia | 14.7% | 2022 | up 172.9% | rising |
| 71 | Chad | 14.6% | 2022 | up 97.3% | rising |
| 72 | Portugal | 14.0% | 2022 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 72 | Romania | 14.0% | 2022 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 13.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Republic of Moldova | 13.0% | 2022 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 76 | Ghana | 11.9% | 2022 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 77 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.7% | 2022 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 78 | Ukraine | 11.4% | 2022 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 11.1% | 2022 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 80 | Equatorial Guinea | 10.7% | 2022 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 81 | Paraguay | 10.1% | 2022 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 82 | Brazil | 10.0% | 2022 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Colombia | 10.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 9.0% | 2022 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Benin | 9.0% | 2022 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 85 | Congo | 9.0% | 2022 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 87 | Togo | 8.9% | 2022 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Ireland | 8.8% | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 89 | Djibouti | 8.6% | 2016 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 90 | Algeria | 8.4% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Mali | 8.2% | 2022 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 92 | Uzbekistan | 8.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Mauritania | 6.8% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.3% | 2022 | up 231.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Netherlands | 5.0% | 2022 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Gabon | 4.7% | 2022 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 97 | Cape Verde | 4.6% | 2022 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 98 | Sierra Leone | 4.3% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.1% | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 100 | Guinea | 3.9% | 2020 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.9% | 2022 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 102 | India | 2.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Angola | 1.6% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Denmark | 1.0% | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 104 | Sweden | 1.0% | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 106 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Cameroon | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Honduras | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Kenya | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Myanmar | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Mozambique | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Pakistan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Peru | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |