Barbados vs Samoa: Taxes on goods and services
Barbados
45.9%
in 2016
Samoa
45.1%
in 2023
Barbados rank
17th
Samoa rank
19th
Taxes on goods and services over time
- Barbados
- Samoa
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 45.9% against 45.1% in Samoa, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 17th and Samoa ranks 19th of 156 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on goods and services, Barbados or Samoa?
- Barbados, at 45.9% against 45.1% in Samoa as of 2016.
- What is the difference in taxes on goods and services between Barbados and Samoa?
- 0.8%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Samoa?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2016.
- How do Barbados and Samoa rank globally for taxes on goods and services?
- Barbados ranks 17th and Samoa ranks 19th of 156 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.