Maldives vs World: Taxes on goods and services
Taxes on goods and services over time
- Maldives
- World
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 42.3% against 31.0% in World, a difference of 11.3%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.4 times World's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 21 shared years of data; in 1998 it was World ahead.
Maldives ranks 32nd and World ranks 30th of 156 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 1 and World in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.9% | 33.9% | 20.0% | World |
| 2000s | 10.7% | 32.7% | 22.0% | World |
| 2010s | 32.7% | 32.8% | 0.1% | World |
| 2020s | 37.6% | 32.5% | 5.0% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on goods and services, Maldives or World?
- Maldives, at 42.3% against 31.0% in World as of 2021.
- What is the difference in taxes on goods and services between Maldives and World?
- 11.3%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and World?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2021.
- How do Maldives and World rank globally for taxes on goods and services?
- Maldives ranks 32nd and World ranks 30th 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.