El Salvador vs Maldives: Taxes on goods and services

El Salvador
13.7%
in 2024
Maldives
13.7%
in 2021
El Salvador rank
39th
Maldives rank
37th

Taxes on goods and services over time

  • El Salvador
  • Maldives
2.557.51012.5199820112024

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 13.7% against 13.7% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2003 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 39th and Maldives ranks 37th of 154 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Maldives Difference Ahead
2000s 10.2% 3.1% 7.1% El Salvador
2010s 11.3% 10.4% 0.9% El Salvador
2020s 12.5% 12.1% 0.3% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher taxes on goods and services, El Salvador or Maldives?
Maldives, at 13.7% against 13.7% in El Salvador as of 2021.
What is the difference in taxes on goods and services between El Salvador and Maldives?
0.0%, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Maldives?
17 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2021.
How do El Salvador and Maldives rank globally for taxes on goods and services?
El Salvador ranks 39th and Maldives ranks 37th 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

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.