High income vs Maldives: Taxes on goods and services
Taxes on goods and services over time
- High income
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 42.3% against 27.9% in High income, a difference of 14.4%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.5 times High income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1979 it was High income ahead.
High income ranks 35th and Maldives ranks 32nd of 41 groups.
Across the 6 decades both report, High income averaged higher in 4 and Maldives in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26.2% | 5.0% | 21.2% | High income |
| 1980s | 29.0% | 10.7% | 18.3% | High income |
| 1990s | 29.6% | 15.3% | 14.3% | High income |
| 2000s | 31.6% | 10.9% | 20.7% | High income |
| 2010s | 30.9% | 32.7% | 1.8% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 29.9% | 37.6% | 7.7% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on goods and services, High income or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 42.3% against 27.9% in High income as of 2021.
- What is the difference in taxes on goods and services between High income and Maldives?
- 14.4%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Maldives?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2021.
- How do High income and Maldives rank globally for taxes on goods and services?
- High income ranks 35th and Maldives ranks 32nd of 41 groups.
- 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.
Individual pages
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.