Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Maldives
Maldives: Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) was 18.1% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Customs and other import duties in Maldives, 1979–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of tax revenue.
Analysis
In 2021, customs and other import duties in Maldives stood at 18.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.4% on the previous year and down 65.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, customs and other import duties in Maldives peaked at 72.7% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 18.0%, in 2014.
That places Maldives 29th out of 151 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of tax revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 56.9% | — |
| 1980 | 68.9% | +21.0% |
| 1981 | 69.1% | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 56.2% | -18.7% |
| 1983 | 58.6% | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 68.5% | +16.9% |
| 1985 | 57.9% | -15.6% |
| 1986 | 61.4% | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 68.0% | +10.8% |
| 1988 | 68.3% | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 56.6% | -17.1% |
| 1991 | 60.3% | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 61.0% | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 60.7% | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 63.4% | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 64.2% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 63.2% | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 64.0% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 63.9% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 64.3% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 64.4% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 63.2% | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 63.4% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 64.4% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 69.0% | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 72.3% | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 71.0% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 71.8% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 72.7% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 67.7% | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 70.1% | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 52.9% | -24.6% |
| 2014 | 18.0% | -66.0% |
| 2015 | 18.8% | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 18.4% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 18.3% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 18.8% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 19.4% | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 19.7% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 18.1% | -8.4% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 18.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.5%, 3.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 18.1% is above the median for South Asia, which is 13.0%, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -66.0% | 52.9% | 18.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 56.9% | 56.9% | 56.9% | 1 |
| 1980s | 64.1% | 56.2% | 69.1% | 9 |
| 1990s | 62.2% | 56.6% | 64.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.0% | 63.2% | 72.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.3% | 18.0% | 70.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 18.9% | 18.1% | 19.7% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is customs and other import duties in Maldives?
- Customs and other import duties in Maldives was 18.1% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest customs and other import duties recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 72.7% in 2008.
- What is the lowest customs and other import duties recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.0% in 2014.
- How does Maldives rank for customs and other import duties?
- Maldives ranks 29th out of 151 countries with data for 2021.
- Is customs and other import duties rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes and duties on imports are taxes on goods and services that become payable at the moment when goods enter the economic territory or when services are delivered by non-resident producers to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of tax revenue which includes compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.