Tax revenues vs income inequality in Maldives
Maldives: Tax revenues vs income inequality was 23.61 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
23.61
Change on year
up 15.6%
World rank
68th
of 186 countries
All-time high
23.61
in 2023
All-time low
3.47
in 1980
Years of data
44
1980–2023
Tax revenues vs income inequality in Maldives, 1980–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, tax revenues vs income inequality in Maldives stood at 23.61. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
The figure is up 15.6% on the previous year and up 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality in Maldives peaked at 23.61 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.47, in 1980.
Maldives ranks 68th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 3.47 | — |
| 1981 | 4.21 | +21.3% |
| 1982 | 6.73 | +60.0% |
| 1983 | 7.73 | +14.9% |
| 1984 | 8.98 | +16.2% |
| 1985 | 9.48 | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 9.27 | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 11.65 | +25.7% |
| 1988 | 12.84 | +10.2% |
| 1989 | 14.22 | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 13 | -8.6% |
| 1991 | 13.61 | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 13.93 | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 12.79 | -8.2% |
| 1994 | 12.11 | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 11.64 | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 11.49 | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 11.25 | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 11.06 | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 10.98 | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 10.75 | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 10.66 | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 10.3 | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 9.42 | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 10.49 | +11.3% |
| 2005 | 11.14 | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 11.37 | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 11.77 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 11.24 | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 8.77 | -22.0% |
| 2010 | 8.77 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 11.99 | +36.7% |
| 2012 | 15.25 | +27.2% |
| 2013 | 17.26 | +13.2% |
| 2014 | 18.84 | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 19.15 | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 19.44 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 19.73 | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 18.89 | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 18.61 | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 19.04 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 18.08 | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 20.43 | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 23.61 | +15.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.86 | 3.47 | 14.22 | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.19 | 10.98 | 13.93 | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.59 | 8.77 | 11.77 | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.79 | 8.77 | 19.73 | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.29 | 18.08 | 23.61 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More poverty & inequality data for Maldives
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.57 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 2,442 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.3782 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 23.61 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 15.57 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.309 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 23.57 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality in Maldives?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality in Maldives was 23.61 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 23.61 in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.47 in 1980.
- How does Maldives rank for tax revenues vs income inequality?
- Maldives ranks 68th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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