Congo, Rep.: Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Congo, Rep.'s customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) rose 1.58 percentage points on 2020 (from 17.2% to 18.77%).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2020), the average change was −0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 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 3.58 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.37 percentage points in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% 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.

Closest to Congo, Rep. in the 2021 ranking

• Eswatini — 1st of 7: 36.9%
• Maldives — 3rd of 7: 18.06%
• Burundi — 4th of 7: 12.96%
• Cameroon — 5th of 7: 12.7%

What this measures

Taxes and duties on imports are taxes on goods and services that become payable at the moment when goods enter the economic territory or when services are delivered by non-resident producers to 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 21 values

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in nearby economies

• Angola — 5.13% (2024)
• Botswana — 40.91% (2023)
• Burkina Faso — 13.11% (2024)
• Burundi — 12.96% (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 20.34% (2020)
• Cameroon — 12.7% (2021)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 9.62% (2022)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 11.84% (2023)
• Equatorial Guinea — 3.99% (2022)
• Eswatini

More public sector data for Congo, Rep.

• Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 9 million (2024)
• Military expenditure (current USD) — 204.92 million (2025)
• Military expenditure (current LCU) — 119.16 billion (2025)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 1.31% (2025)
• Armed forces personnel, total — 12,000 (2020)
• Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 0.55% (2020)
• Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 5.98% (2025)
• Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) — 252.6 billion (2021)
• Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) — 3.07% (2021)

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Questions people ask

What is Congo, Rep.'s customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)?

18.77% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is down 4.53 percentage points from 23.3% in 2001. The highest value was 24.64% in 2003 and the lowest 13.61% in 2017.

Is the latest change in customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) unusual for Congo, Rep.?

In 2021, Congo, Rep.'s customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) rose 1.58 percentage points on 2020 (from 17.2% to 18.77%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2020), the average change was −0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.TAX.IMPT.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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