Lower middle income vs Malta: Tax revenue
Lower middle income
12.1%
in 2018
Malta
24.1%
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
20th
Malta rank
18th
Tax revenue over time
- Lower middle income
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 24.1% against 12.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 12.0%.
That makes Malta's figure about 2.0 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 20th and Malta ranks 18th of 35 groups.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.5% | 25.0% | 13.5% | Malta |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 25.4% | 13.8% | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tax revenue, Lower middle income or Malta?
- Malta, at 24.1% against 12.1% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tax revenue between Lower middle income and Malta?
- 12.0%, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Malta?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2018.
- How do Lower middle income and Malta rank globally for tax revenue?
- Lower middle income ranks 20th and Malta ranks 18th of 35 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.