Lebanon vs Lower middle income: Taxes on goods and services
Taxes on goods and services over time
- Lebanon
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Lebanon currently reports 48.4% against 35.9% in Lower middle income, a difference of 12.5%.
That makes Lebanon's figure about 1.3 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Lebanon ahead.
Lebanon ranks 8th and Lower middle income ranks 10th of 156 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Lebanon averaged higher in 2 and Lower middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lebanon | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.1% | 31.5% | 8.6% | Lebanon |
| 2010s | 36.5% | 33.0% | 3.5% | Lebanon |
| 2020s | 29.3% | 35.6% | 6.3% | Lower middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on goods and services, Lebanon or Lower middle income?
- Lebanon, at 48.4% against 35.9% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taxes on goods and services between Lebanon and Lower middle income?
- 12.5%, with Lebanon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Lower middle income?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2021.
- How do Lebanon and Lower middle income rank globally for taxes on goods and services?
- Lebanon ranks 8th and Lower middle income ranks 10th 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.