Taxes as a % of price: other taxes by country

Countries reporting
72
Highest
21.8%
Syrian Arab Republic
Lowest
0.0%
Andorra
Median
1.0%
Years covered
15
2008–2022
Data points
1,476

What the numbers show

Taxes as a % of price: other taxes is currently reported for 72 countries. The highest value is 21.8% in Syrian Arab Republic; the lowest is 0.0% in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.0%, and the mean is 3.2%.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 3,337.5%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 100.0%).

Taxes as a % of price: other taxes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Syrian Arab Republic 21.8% 2020 up 21.1% rising
2 Libya 21.8% 2022 up 48.3% falling
3 Djibouti 17.8% 2016 up 18.8% rising
4 Tunisia 14.2% 2022 down 45.1% falling
5 Thailand 13.5% 2022 up 157.9% volatile
6 Brazil 11.0% 2022 unchanged rising
7 Algeria 10.6% 2022 down 18.3% falling
8 Yemen 9.7% 2022 up 85.8% falling
9 Argentina 9.6% 2022 down 11.3% falling
10 Marshall Islands 7.3% 2022 down 0.1% falling
11 Botswana 6.5% 2022 volatile
12 China 6.2% 2022 up 3.5% rising
13 Indonesia 5.7% 2022 volatile
14 Ghana 5.5% 2022 up 3,337.5% volatile
15 Egypt 5.4% 2022 up 221.6% volatile
16 Chad 5.0% 2022 up 81.8% rising
17 Ukraine 4.8% 2022 volatile
18 India 4.7% 2022 up 541.1% volatile
19 Angola 3.8% 2022 up 900.0% volatile
20 Pakistan 3.6% 2022 volatile
21 Nepal 3.4% 2022 volatile
22 Gambia 3.2% 2022 up 67.7% rising
23 Cambodia 2.6% 2022 unchanged flat
24 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.6% 2022 up 8.5% volatile
25 Mauritania 2.5% 2022 volatile
26 Comoros 2.2% 2022 up 54.6% rising
27 Bahamas 2.1% 2022 volatile
28 Cameroon 2.0% 2022 up 37.0% rising
28 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.0% 2022 volatile
30 Antigua and Barbuda 1.9% 2022 down 3.6% flat
31 Guyana 1.7% 2022 volatile
32 Grenada 1.6% 2022 down 9.2% rising
33 Jamaica 1.4% 2022 up 1,687.5% volatile
34 Niger 1.3% 2022 up 23.3% rising
35 Viet Nam 1.2% 2022 volatile
36 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.1% 2022 down 8.0% falling
37 Mongolia 0.9% 2022 volatile
38 Benin 0.9% 2022 down 5.3% falling
39 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9% 2022 up 59.3% volatile
40 Niue 0.8% 2020 down 91.7% volatile
41 Bangladesh 0.8% 2022 volatile
42 Costa Rica 0.8% 2022 down 48.3% falling
43 Saint Lucia 0.7% 2022 down 39.2% falling
44 Togo 0.7% 2022 up 305.9% volatile
45 Mali 0.6% 2022 down 34.4% falling
46 Switzerland 0.6% 2022 down 12.1% falling
47 Guinea-Bissau 0.5% 2022 up 188.2% volatile
48 Dominica 0.4% 2022 volatile
49 Morocco 0.4% 2022 down 29.8% falling
50 Guinea 0.4% 2020 down 40.0% falling
51 Sudan 0.3% 2022 volatile
51 Gabon 0.3% 2022 down 21.1% rising
53 Sierra Leone 0.2% 2020 down 52.3% volatile
54 Cape Verde 0.2% 2022 up 157.1% rising
55 Madagascar 0.1% 2022 down 56.7% falling
56 Liberia 0.1% 2022 down 25.0% falling
57 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2022 volatile
57 Jordan 0.0% 2022 volatile
57 Tuvalu 0.0% 2022 volatile
57 Serbia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
57 North Macedonia 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
57 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
57 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
57 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2022 volatile
57 Japan 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
57 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling
57 Cuba 0.0% 2022 volatile
57 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% falling
57 Barbados 0.0% 2022 volatile
57 Belize 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile
57 Burundi 0.0% 2022 volatile
57 Andorra 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Taxes as a % of price: other taxes
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
191 places, 1,476 data points, 2008–2022
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