Samoa vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality
Samoa
26.4%
in 2023
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
26.2%
in 2021
Samoa rank
57th
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank
58th
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality over time
- Samoa
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 26.4% against 26.2% in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 57th and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 58th of 187 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 2 and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.3% | 16.9% | 7.3% | Samoa |
| 1990s | 19.3% | 19.3% | 0.0% | Samoa |
| 2000s | 19.0% | 20.6% | 1.6% | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 2010s | 22.1% | 22.4% | 0.4% | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 2020s | 24.5% | 25.0% | 0.5% | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality, Samoa or Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Samoa, at 26.4% against 26.2% in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as of 2023.
- What is the difference in tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality between Samoa and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- 0.2%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2021.
- How do Samoa and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank globally for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Samoa ranks 57th and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 58th 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.