Maldives - Taxes on international trade (% of revenue)

Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Maldives was 32.32 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 36.78 in 1985, while its lowest value was 22.06 in 1981.

Definition: Taxes on international trade include import duties, export duties, profits of export or import monopolies, exchange profits, and exchange taxes.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

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Year Value
1979 25.10
1980 22.98
1981 22.06
1982 24.61
1983 29.03
1984 32.66
1985 36.78
1986 28.69
1987 33.08
1988 35.64
1989 29.34
1990 32.72
1991 29.83
1992 35.28
1993 34.82
1994 29.79
1995 29.28
1996 28.81
1997 30.37
1998 29.90
1999 28.29
2000 27.55
2001 26.40
2002 25.53
2003 26.70
2004 33.37
2005 27.21
2006 27.59
2007 27.69
2008 33.03
2009 32.32

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance