Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Lesotho: Taxes on goods and services

Bosnia and Herzegovina
20.6%
in 2024
Lesotho
22.1%
in 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina rank
5th
Lesotho rank
3rd

Taxes on goods and services over time

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Lesotho
510152025198220032024

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 22.1% against 20.6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a difference of 1.5%.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Bosnia and Herzegovina's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Lesotho ahead.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 5th and Lesotho ranks 3rd of 154 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bosnia and Herzegovina averaged higher in 2 and Lesotho in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bosnia and Herzegovina Lesotho Difference Ahead
2000s 21.3% 19.5% 1.8% Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010s 21.9% 17.9% 4.0% Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020s 19.9% 21.1% 1.2% Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher taxes on goods and services, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Lesotho?
Lesotho, at 22.1% against 20.6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2024.
What is the difference in taxes on goods and services between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lesotho?
1.5%, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lesotho?
20 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lesotho rank globally for taxes on goods and services?
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 5th and Lesotho ranks 3rd of 154 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 (% value added of industry and services). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Lesotho: Taxes on goods and services. Statizoid, drawing on Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://public-sector.statizoid.com/compare/taxes-on-goods-and-services-percent-value-added-of-industry-and-services/bosnia-and-herzegovina/lesotho/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://public-sector.statizoid.com/compare/taxes-on-goods-and-services-percent-value-added-of-industry-and-services/bosnia-and-herzegovina/lesotho/">Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Lesotho: Taxes on goods and services</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services)
Unit
% value added of industry and services
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
154 places, 4,032 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

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 value added in industry and services which is the contribution to the economy by industries in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 05-43 and 50-99.