Environmentally related tax revenue in Congo
Congo: Environmentally related tax revenue was 0.017 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Environmentally related tax revenue in Congo, 1994–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Congo recorded 0.017 Percentage of GDP for environmentally related tax revenue in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmentally related tax revenue in Congo peaked at 0.0371 Percentage of GDP in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0 Percentage of GDP, in 1994.
Congo ranks 113th of 123 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Environmentally related tax revenue in Congo, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1995 | 0.0064 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1996 | 0.0052 Percentage of GDP | -18.7% |
| 1997 | 0.005 Percentage of GDP | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0059 Percentage of GDP | +17.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0046 Percentage of GDP | -20.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0029 Percentage of GDP | -36.8% |
| 2001 | 0.004 Percentage of GDP | +37.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0029 Percentage of GDP | -28.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0041 Percentage of GDP | +42.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0038 Percentage of GDP | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0028 Percentage of GDP | -25.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0029 Percentage of GDP | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0035 Percentage of GDP | +21.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0036 Percentage of GDP | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0125 Percentage of GDP | +251.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0146 Percentage of GDP | +16.5% |
| 2011 | 0.015 Percentage of GDP | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.023 Percentage of GDP | +53.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0153 Percentage of GDP | -33.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0177 Percentage of GDP | +15.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0307 Percentage of GDP | +73.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0371 Percentage of GDP | +21.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0234 Percentage of GDP | -37.0% |
| 2018 | 0.02 Percentage of GDP | -14.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0212 Percentage of GDP | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0268 Percentage of GDP | +26.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0168 Percentage of GDP | -37.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0146 Percentage of GDP | -13.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0181 Percentage of GDP | +23.9% |
| 2024 | 0.017 Percentage of GDP | -6.2% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 0.017 Percentage of GDP is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5921 Percentage of GDP, 3% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Congo's 0.017 Percentage of GDP is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.01 Percentage of GDP, 2% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Environmentally related tax revenue in Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +251.7% | 0.0036 Percentage of GDP | 0.0125 Percentage of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0045 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 0.0064 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.0043 Percentage of GDP | 0.0028 Percentage of GDP | 0.0125 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0218 Percentage of GDP | 0.0146 Percentage of GDP | 0.0371 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0186 Percentage of GDP | 0.0146 Percentage of GDP | 0.0268 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 110 Mozambique 0.0516 Percentage of GDP compare
- 111 Bangladesh 0.0422 Percentage of GDP compare
- 112 Namibia 0.0351 Percentage of GDP compare
- 114 Nigeria 0.0074 Percentage of GDP compare
- 115 Papua New Guinea 0.0029 Percentage of GDP compare
- 116 Somalia 0 Percentage of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for Congo
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.79 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.01 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 9.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 1.88 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 1.37 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0119 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is environmentally related tax revenue in Congo?
- Environmentally related tax revenue in Congo was 0.017 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0371 Percentage of GDP in 2016.
- What is the lowest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Percentage of GDP in 1994.
- How does Congo rank for environmentally related tax revenue?
- Congo ranks 113th out of 123 countries with data for 2024.
- Is environmentally related tax revenue rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Environmentally related tax revenue. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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<!DOCTYPE html> ERTR Database body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } p { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } Environmentally related taxes are effective policy instruments to shape relative prices of goods and services. The Environmental Related Tax Revenue Database (ERTR) categorises taxes based on their environmental relevance, constructing environmentally related tax revenue with a breakdown by tax-base category (including energy, transport, pollution, and resources) and 22 environmental domains. Note that tax-base categories are mutually exclusive, while domains are not. Therefore, one should not aggregate revenue across domains as it may lead to double counting. Data source(s): ERTR draws from the OECD Policy Instruments for the Environment (PINE) database. The database contains detailed qualitative and quantitative information on environmentally related taxes and fees, tradable permits and offsets, deposit-refund schemes, environmentally beneficial subsidies and payments and voluntary approaches used for environmental policy. It is updated annually and covers OECD member countries, accession countries and selected non-OECD countries. The data has been cross-validated and complemented with Revenue statistics from the Global Revenue Statistics databases, Eurostat National Tax Lists, and official national sources. Contact: pinedatabase@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 For further details on the dataset consult the dataset documentation and oe.cd/pine. For revenue data at the individual-tax level, please consult https://oe.cd/pinedatabase.