Canada vs Timor-Leste: Taxes on goods and services
Taxes on goods and services over time
- Canada
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 3.5% against 2.9% in Canada, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
Canada ranks 143rd and Timor-Leste ranks 141st of 154 countries.
Timor-Leste has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.7% | 6.0% | 3.3% | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 3.0% | 0.1% | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on goods and services, Canada or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 3.5% against 2.9% in Canada as of 2022.
- What is the difference in taxes on goods and services between Canada and Timor-Leste?
- 0.6%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Timor-Leste?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2022.
- How do Canada and Timor-Leste rank globally for taxes on goods and services?
- Canada ranks 143rd and Timor-Leste ranks 141st 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.
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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 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.