Lesotho vs Upper middle income: Taxes on international trade
Taxes on international trade over time
- Lesotho
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 13.0% against 2.9% in Upper middle income, a difference of 10.1%.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 4.4 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 28 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 27th and Upper middle income ranks 28th of 154 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.1% | 9.5% | 6.6% | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 15.0% | 6.4% | 8.6% | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 11.5% | 3.7% | 7.8% | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 11.8% | 3.1% | 8.7% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on international trade, Lesotho or Upper middle income?
- Lesotho, at 13.0% against 2.9% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taxes on international trade between Lesotho and Upper middle income?
- 10.1%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Upper middle income?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Upper middle income rank globally for taxes on international trade?
- Lesotho ranks 27th and Upper middle income ranks 28th 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.