Aruba vs Cape Verde: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality
Aruba
18.5%
in 2022
Cape Verde
18.8%
in 2023
Aruba rank
103rd
Cape Verde rank
100th
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality over time
- Aruba
- Cape Verde
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 18.8% against 18.5% in Aruba, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Aruba ahead.
Aruba ranks 103rd and Cape Verde ranks 100th of 187 countries.
Aruba has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Aruba | Cape Verde | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.3% | 13.5% | 11.8% | Aruba |
| 2000s | 23.2% | 15.0% | 8.2% | Aruba |
| 2010s | 19.9% | 18.5% | 1.4% | Aruba |
| 2020s | 18.6% | 18.0% | 0.6% | Aruba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality, Aruba or Cape Verde?
- Cape Verde, at 18.8% against 18.5% in Aruba as of 2023.
- What is the difference in tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality between Aruba and Cape Verde?
- 0.3%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and Cape Verde?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2022.
- How do Aruba and Cape Verde rank globally for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Aruba ranks 103rd and Cape Verde ranks 100th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Taxes include direct and indirect taxes as well as social contributions. The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.