Barbados vs Malta: Taxes on goods and services

Barbados

1.32 billion current LCU

in 2016

Malta

2.18 billion current LCU

in 2024

Barbados rank

138th

Malta rank

135th

Taxes on goods and services over time

Barbados
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 2.18 billion current LCU against 1.32 billion current LCU in Barbados, a difference of 860.38 million current LCU.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.7 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Barbados ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 138th and Malta ranks 135th of 157 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Taxes on goods and services (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 157 places, 4,635 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.