Democratic Republic of Congo vs Indonesia: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality

Democratic Republic of Congo
9.3%
in 2023
Indonesia
10.3%
in 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
162nd
Indonesia rank
159th

Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Indonesia
051015198020012023

How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 10.3% against 9.3% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Indonesia ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 162nd and Indonesia ranks 159th of 187 countries.

Indonesia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of Congo Indonesia Difference Ahead
1990s 1.0% 12.7% 11.7% Indonesia
2000s 4.6% 12.9% 8.3% Indonesia
2010s 8.1% 10.6% 2.6% Indonesia
2020s 8.7% 9.5% 0.8% Indonesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality, Democratic Republic of Congo or Indonesia?
Indonesia, at 10.3% against 9.3% in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2023.
What is the difference in tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality between Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia?
1.0%, with Indonesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia?
26 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2023.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia rank globally for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 162nd and Indonesia ranks 159th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Indonesia: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality. Statizoid, drawing on UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://poverty.statizoid.com/compare/tax-revenues-vs-income-inequality/congo-dem-rep/indonesia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://poverty.statizoid.com/compare/tax-revenues-vs-income-inequality/congo-dem-rep/indonesia/">Democratic Republic of Congo vs Indonesia: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality
Unit
% of GDP
Source
UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
187 places, 6,284 data points, 1980–2023
Last refreshed

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.