Costa Rica vs Maldives: Global Revenue Statistics - Comparative tax revenues

Costa Rica
24.84 Percentage of GDP
in 2024
Maldives
26.25 Percentage of GDP
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
54th
Maldives rank
51st

Global Revenue Statistics - Comparative tax revenues over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Maldives
0102030199020072024

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 26.25 Percentage of GDP against 24.84 Percentage of GDP in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.41 Percentage of GDP.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 20 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 54th and Maldives ranks 51st of 135 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Maldives Difference Ahead
2000s 22.55 Percentage of GDP 11.79 Percentage of GDP 10.76 Percentage of GDP Costa Rica
2010s 22.89 Percentage of GDP 17.55 Percentage of GDP 5.34 Percentage of GDP Costa Rica
2020s 24.47 Percentage of GDP 22.84 Percentage of GDP 1.63 Percentage of GDP Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher global revenue statistics - comparative tax revenues, Costa Rica or Maldives?
Maldives, at 26.25 Percentage of GDP against 24.84 Percentage of GDP in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in global revenue statistics - comparative tax revenues between Costa Rica and Maldives?
1.41 Percentage of GDP, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Maldives?
20 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Maldives rank globally for global revenue statistics - comparative tax revenues?
Costa Rica ranks 54th and Maldives ranks 51st of 135 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Global Revenue Statistics - Comparative tax revenues. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Global Revenue Statistics - Comparative tax revenues
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
146 places, 3,993 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Internationally comparable tax revenue data from countries included in Global Revenue Statistics, presented as a percentage of GDP and as a share of total tax revenue, as well as in national currency and US dollars. Tax revenues are harmonised according to the OECD classification of taxes. Related topics: Tax-to-GDP, Taxation, Tax structure, Tax mix, Regional average – change for each region, Domestic resource mobilisation, Public finance, Income tax, Social security contributions, Goods and services, Value added tax, VAT, Excise, Customs, Property tax.