Jamaica vs Upper middle income: Taxes on goods and services
Taxes on goods and services over time
- Jamaica
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 45.8% against 33.6% in Upper middle income, a difference of 12.2%.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.4 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 18th and Upper middle income ranks 15th of 156 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 3 and Upper middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.0% | 37.0% | 0.1% | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 37.6% | 38.1% | 0.5% | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 46.2% | 37.1% | 9.1% | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 45.8% | 36.7% | 9.2% | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on goods and services, Jamaica or Upper middle income?
- Jamaica, at 45.8% against 33.6% in Upper middle income as of 2020.
- What is the difference in taxes on goods and services between Jamaica and Upper middle income?
- 12.2%, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Upper middle income?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2020.
- How do Jamaica and Upper middle income rank globally for taxes on goods and services?
- Jamaica ranks 18th and Upper middle income ranks 15th 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.