Lower middle income vs Maldives: Taxes on international trade
Taxes on international trade over time
- Lower middle income
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 17.7% against 9.3% in Lower middle income, a difference of 8.4%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.9 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 18 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 12th and Maldives ranks 12th of 41 groups.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.5% | 29.2% | 17.7% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 8.2% | 21.3% | 13.0% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 9.0% | 18.2% | 9.3% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on international trade, Lower middle income or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 17.7% against 9.3% in Lower middle income as of 2021.
- What is the difference in taxes on international trade between Lower middle income and Maldives?
- 8.4%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Maldives?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2021.
- How do Lower middle income and Maldives rank globally for taxes on international trade?
- Lower middle income ranks 12th and Maldives ranks 12th of 41 groups.
- 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.