Namibia - Taxes on international trade (% of revenue)

Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Namibia was 30.03 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 39.30 in 1991, while its lowest value was 23.86 in 2011.

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

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 25.29
1991 39.30
1992 28.31
1993 28.96
1994 24.81
1995 28.37
1996 28.93
1997 27.64
1998 29.44
1999 30.89
2000 35.04
2001 29.71
2002 24.81
2003 31.16
2004 37.13
2005 29.77
2006 38.11
2007 39.12
2008 36.29
2009 35.76
2010 25.57
2011 23.86
2012 36.31
2013 34.77
2014 36.27
2015 33.24
2016 27.59
2017 32.48
2018 28.91
2019 30.03

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance