Bahamas vs Saint Lucia: Taxes on international trade
Taxes on international trade over time
- Bahamas
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 29.2% against 23.6% in Bahamas, a difference of 5.6%.
That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 1.2 times Bahamas's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 7th and Saint Lucia ranks 5th of 154 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 1 and Saint Lucia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.3% | 49.1% | 4.1% | Bahamas |
| 2010s | 31.6% | 32.8% | 1.1% | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on international trade, Bahamas or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 29.2% against 23.6% in Bahamas as of 2017.
- What is the difference in taxes on international trade between Bahamas and Saint Lucia?
- 5.6%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Saint Lucia?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2017.
- How do Bahamas and Saint Lucia rank globally for taxes on international trade?
- Bahamas ranks 7th and Saint Lucia ranks 5th of 154 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Taxes on international trade (% of revenue). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Taxes on international trade are taxes that become payable when goods cross the national or customs frontiers of the economic territory or when transactions in services exchange between residents and non-residents. 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.