Sri Lanka vs Upper middle income: Taxes on international trade
Taxes on international trade over time
- Sri Lanka
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 12.8% against 2.9% in Upper middle income, a difference of 9.9%.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 4.3 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 27 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Sri Lanka ranks 29th and Upper middle income ranks 28th of 154 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.3% | 9.5% | 5.8% | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 14.2% | 6.4% | 7.8% | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 18.0% | 3.7% | 14.2% | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 20.1% | 3.2% | 16.9% | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on international trade, Sri Lanka or Upper middle income?
- Sri Lanka, at 12.8% against 2.9% in Upper middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in taxes on international trade between Sri Lanka and Upper middle income?
- 9.9%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Upper middle income?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2023.
- How do Sri Lanka and Upper middle income rank globally for taxes on international trade?
- Sri Lanka ranks 29th 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.