Greece vs Samoa: Taxes on goods and services
Greece
19.0%
in 2024
Samoa
19.9%
in 2023
Greece rank
8th
Samoa rank
7th
Taxes on goods and services over time
- Greece
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 19.9% against 19.0% in Greece, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 8th and Samoa ranks 7th of 154 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.2% | 18.3% | 0.1% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 19.1% | 19.6% | 0.5% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on goods and services, Greece or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 19.9% against 19.0% in Greece as of 2023.
- What is the difference in taxes on goods and services between Greece and Samoa?
- 0.9%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Samoa?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2023.
- How do Greece and Samoa rank globally for taxes on goods and services?
- Greece ranks 8th and Samoa ranks 7th 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.