Tax revenue in Maldives
Central government tax revenue in Maldives was equal to 19.5% of GDP in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest since 2014.
Maldives, 2021
19.5%
Change from 2020
−0.7percentage points
World, 2021
14.3%
Tax revenue in Maldives over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Maldives | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 13.9% |
| 2023 | – | 13.9% |
| 2022 | – | 14.5% |
| 2021 | 19.5% | 14.3% |
| 2020 | 20.1% | 13.7% |
| 2019 | 19.9% | 13.8% |
| 2018 | 20.1% | 13.9% |
| 2017 | 20.7% | 14.2% |
| 2016 | 20.0% | 13.9% |
| 2015 | 19.7% | 14.0% |
| 2014 | 19.3% | 14.0% |
| 2013 | – | 14.0% |
| 2012 | – | 13.8% |
| 2011 | 12.1% | 13.7% |
| 2010 | 8.8% | 13.3% |
| 2009 | 9.1% | 13.1% |
| 2008 | 11.6% | 14.3% |
| 2007 | 12.1% | 14.8% |
| 2006 | 11.8% | 14.5% |
| 2005 | 11.6% | 14.1% |
| 2004 | 10.5% | 14.5% |
| 2003 | 9.4% | 14.4% |
| 2002 | 9.5% | 14.6% |
| 2001 | 9.8% | – |
| 2000 | 13.8% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 20.1% in 2020.
- Since 2009, when it was 9.1%, the figure has changed by +10.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 14.3%.