Azerbaijan: Taxes on exports (% of tax revenue)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Azerbaijan's taxes on exports (% of tax revenue) rose 0 percentage points on 2023 (from 0.00807% to 0.00994%).

Across the 17 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2023), the average change was −0.79 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.3 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.04 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.28 percentage points in 1997. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 16% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Azerbaijan had the 19th highest value of the 25 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Azerbaijan in the 2024 ranking

• Norway — 16th of 25: 0.04%
• South Africa — 17th of 25: 0.03%
• Kyrgyz Republic — 18th of 25: 0.01%
• Ethiopia — 20th of 25: 0.00117%
• Thailand — 21st of 25: 0.000816%
• Brazil — 22nd of 25: 0.000322%

What this measures

Export taxes are taxes on goods or services that become payable to government when the goods leave the economic territory or when the services are delivered to non-residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of tax revenue which includes compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.

Limitations: 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).

All 20 values

Taxes on exports (% of tax revenue) in nearby economies

• Belarus — 5.25% (2024)
• Kazakhstan — 15.03% (2023)
• Kyrgyz Republic — 0.01% (2024)
• Norway — 0.04% (2024)
• Russian Federation — 4.01% (2024)
• Ukraine — 0.04% (2024)

More public sector data for Azerbaijan

• Military expenditure (current USD) — 4.94 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 8.4 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 6.47% (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 17.68% (2025)
• Armed forces personnel, total — 82,000 (2020)
• Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 1.58% (2020)
• Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) — 2.16 (2023)
• Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 463 million (2025)
• Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) — 10.05 billion (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Azerbaijan's taxes on exports (% of tax revenue)?

0.00994% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is down 16.18 percentage points from 16.19% in 1995. The highest value was 16.19% in 1995 and the lowest 0.00314% in 2011.

How does Azerbaijan rank?

19th highest of 25 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in taxes on exports (% of tax revenue) unusual for Azerbaijan?

In 2024, Azerbaijan's taxes on exports (% of tax revenue) rose 0 percentage points on 2023 (from 0.00807% to 0.00994%). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2023), the average change was −0.79 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.3 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.TAX.EXPT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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