Maldives vs Seychelles: Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)
Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) over time
- Maldives
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 19.2% against 18.1% in Maldives, a difference of 1.1%.
That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.1 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 29th and Seychelles ranks 26th of 151 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 2 and Seychelles in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 63.9% | 58.6% | 5.3% | Maldives |
| 1990s | 63.4% | 69.9% | 6.5% | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 70.5% | 27.1% | 43.4% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher customs and other import duties, Maldives or Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 19.2% against 18.1% in Maldives as of 2008.
- What is the difference in customs and other import duties between Maldives and Seychelles?
- 1.1%, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Seychelles?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2008.
- How do Maldives and Seychelles rank globally for customs and other import duties?
- Maldives ranks 29th and Seychelles ranks 26th of 151 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.