Taxes on goods and services, GB (current LCU) by country

Taxes on goods and services include all taxes and duties levied by central governments on the production, extraction, sale, transfer, leasing, or delivery of goods and rendering of services, or on the use of goods or permission to use goods or perform activities. These include general sales taxes, turnover or value...

Countries reporting
50
Highest
32.83 trillion current LCU
Mozambique
Lowest
0 current LCU
Mali
Median
68.69 billion current LCU
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
1,256

What the numbers show

Taxes on goods and services, GB (current LCU) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 32.83 trillion current LCU in Mozambique; the lowest is 0 current LCU in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 68.69 billion current LCU, and the mean is 954.01 billion current LCU.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 54,884,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 100.0%).

Taxes on goods and services, GB: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mozambique 32.83 trillion current LCU 2011 up 535.2% volatile
2 Tanzania 2.58 trillion current LCU 2011 up 465.5% volatile
3 Zambia 2.49 trillion current LCU 2011 up 109.9% volatile
4 Guinea 1.90 trillion current LCU 2011 up 666.1% volatile
5 Uganda 1.14 trillion current LCU 2011 up 234.6% volatile
6 Senegal 817.02 billion current LCU 2011 up 141.1% volatile
7 Cameroon 631.53 billion current LCU 2007 up 157.2% volatile
8 Cote d'Ivoire 618.20 billion current LCU 2011 up 62.0% rising
9 Madagascar 598.10 billion current LCU 2010 up 245.7% volatile
10 Sao Tome and Principe 484.11 billion current LCU 2011 up 951.3% volatile
11 Congo 453.00 billion current LCU 2011 up 257.0% volatile
12 Sierra Leone 432.65 billion current LCU 2008 up 15,352.0% volatile
13 Burkina Faso 366.73 billion current LCU 2011 up 539.6% volatile
14 Algeria 341.00 billion current LCU 2011 up 163.3% volatile
15 South Africa 333.17 billion current LCU 2008 up 202.6% volatile
16 Rwanda 265.75 billion current LCU 2011 up 547.4% volatile
17 Kenya 191.10 billion current LCU 2011 up 279.9% volatile
18 Gabon 131.76 billion current LCU 2011 up 86.2% rising
19 Nigeria 109.00 billion current LCU 2002 up 220.6% rising
20 Morocco 107.01 billion current LCU 2011 up 138.9% volatile
21 Egypt 94.25 billion current LCU 2011 up 353.3% volatile
22 Malawi 88.78 billion current LCU 2011 up 925.3% volatile
23 Mauritania 84.50 billion current LCU 2011 up 249.2% volatile
24 Benin 80.96 billion current LCU 2005 up 297.8% volatile
25 Burundi 78.40 billion current LCU 2005 up 312.5% volatile
26 Democratic Republic of Congo 58.99 billion current LCU 2007 up 65,519.6% volatile
27 Angola 54.88 billion current LCU 2005 up 54,884,400.0% volatile
28 Togo 50.20 billion current LCU 2011 up 84.7% volatile
29 Central African Republic 49.40 billion current LCU 2010 up 63.0% rising
30 Chad 48.30 billion current LCU 2007 up 184.7% volatile
31 Niger 46.20 billion current LCU 2005 up 283.1% volatile
32 Equatorial Guinea 43.80 billion current LCU 2010 up 459.9% volatile
33 Mauritius 36.32 billion current LCU 2011 up 257.7% volatile
34 Ethiopia 10.20 billion current LCU 2011 up 636.1% volatile
35 Tunisia 6.70 billion current LCU 2011 up 79.3% volatile
36 Ghana 6.50 billion current LCU 2010 up 514.6% volatile
37 Guinea-Bissau 6.02 billion current LCU 2008 down 6.4% volatile
38 Namibia 5.66 billion current LCU 2011 up 104.6% volatile
39 Botswana 5.30 billion current LCU 2011 up 920.0% volatile
40 Sudan 5.16 billion current LCU 2009 up 1,474.1% volatile
41 Comoros 3.40 billion current LCU 2009 down 25.8% volatile
42 Liberia 2.30 billion current LCU 2008 volatile
43 Eswatini 1.81 billion current LCU 2011 up 242.9% volatile
44 Lesotho 1.72 billion current LCU 2011 up 380.4% volatile
45 Zimbabwe 1.25 billion current LCU 2011 up 179.4% volatile
46 Gambia 882.12 million current LCU 2011 up 328.9% rising
47 Seychelles 651.76 million current LCU 2010 up 103.6% volatile
48 Eritrea 435.00 million current LCU 2009 up 83.7% rising
49 Cape Verde 1,714 current LCU 2011 down 18.3% volatile
50 Mali 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Taxes on goods and services, GB (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
50 places, 1,256 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Taxes on goods and services include all taxes and duties levied by central governments on the production, extraction, sale, transfer, leasing, or delivery of goods and rendering of services, or on the use of goods or permission to use goods or perform activities. These include general sales taxes, turnover or value added taxes, excise taxes, and motor vehicle taxes. Data are shown for central government only and are in current local currency.