Taxes on exports in Maldives
Maldives: Taxes on exports was 0.2% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Taxes on exports in Maldives, 1979–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of tax revenue.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taxes on exports in Maldives is 0.2%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 175,301.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on exports in Maldives peaked at 16.7% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2014.
Maldives ranks 32nd of 76 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taxes on exports in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of tax revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 16.7% | — |
| 1980 | 5.5% | -67.1% |
| 1981 | 0.4% | -92.2% |
| 1982 | 1.2% | +177.4% |
| 1983 | 2.5% | +112.0% |
| 1984 | 0.3% | -88.9% |
| 1985 | 0.2% | -20.7% |
| 1986 | 0.3% | +29.6% |
| 1987 | 0.1% | -78.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | -70.2% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | +1076.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | -93.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -99.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +106.9% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +84686.9% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 0.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 2.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 0.2% is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0%, 8.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on exports 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +84686.9% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 1995 | +1076.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16.7% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 1 |
| 1980s | 1.3% | 0.1% | 5.5% | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More public sector data for Maldives
- Arms imports 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 13.26 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 6,667 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
- Tax revenue 19.5% (2021)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 110.64 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 12.7% (2021)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 133.64 (2019)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Purchasing power 14.77 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on exports in Maldives?
- Taxes on exports in Maldives was 0.2% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on exports recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7% in 1979.
- What is the lowest taxes on exports recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2014.
- How does Maldives rank for taxes on exports?
- Maldives ranks 32nd out of 76 countries with data for 2021.
- Is taxes on exports rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 175,301.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Taxes on exports (% of tax revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Export taxes are taxes on goods or services that become payable to government when the goods leave the economic territory or when the services are delivered to non-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.