Tax burden sub-score of Ethiopia on the Economic Freedom Index 2000-2020
In 2020, the tax burden sub-score on the Economic Freedom Index for Ethiopia was 77.4, which was an improvement of 0.2 points from 2019. During the period under review, the tax burden sub-score followed an overall increasing trend, with the values ranging between 66.6 points in 2000 and 77.7 points in 2010. From 2000 to 2010, the sub-score was lower than the African average only in two years. Compared to the world average, the sub-score was higher in 2002, 2005, between 2007 and 2010, between 2014 and 2016, and in 2020. According to the index, the tax burden in Ethiopia was considered "mostly free" as of 2020.