Belize vs Upper middle income: Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)
Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) over time
- Belize
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Belize currently reports 48.1% against 35.1% in Upper middle income, a difference of 13.0%.
That makes Belize's figure about 1.4 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Belize ahead.
Belize ranks 10th and Upper middle income ranks 13th of 156 countries.
Upper middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.7% | 37.0% | 6.2% | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 30.8% | 38.1% | 7.3% | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 36.5% | 37.8% | 1.2% | Upper middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on goods and services, Belize or Upper middle income?
- Belize, at 48.1% against 35.1% in Upper middle income as of 2017.
- What is the difference in taxes on goods and services between Belize and Upper middle income?
- 13.0%, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Upper middle income?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2017.
- How do Belize and Upper middle income rank globally for taxes on goods and services?
- Belize ranks 10th and Upper middle income ranks 13th 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.