Costa Rica vs Maldives: Taxes on exports
Taxes on exports over time
- Costa Rica
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 15 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Maldives ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 34th and Maldives ranks 32nd of 76 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Maldives in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.4% | 16.7% | 4.3% | Maldives |
| 1980s | 16.8% | 1.3% | 15.5% | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 2.6% | 0.1% | 2.5% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on exports, Costa Rica or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 0.2% against 0.2% in Costa Rica as of 2021.
- What is the difference in taxes on exports between Costa Rica and Maldives?
- 0.0%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Maldives?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2021.
- How do Costa Rica and Maldives rank globally for taxes on exports?
- Costa Rica ranks 34th and Maldives ranks 32nd of 76 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Taxes on exports (% 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
Export taxes are taxes on goods or services that become payable to government when the goods leave the economic territory or when the services are delivered to non-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.