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Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled by country

Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.

Countries reporting
187
Highest
43.81
France
Lowest
1.03
Libya
Median
19.74
Years covered
44
1980–2023
Data points
6,336

What the numbers show

Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 43.81 in France; the lowest is 1.03 in Libya.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.74, and the mean is 20.91.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 43.

Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 584.7%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 83.2%).

Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 43.81 2023 down 3.3% rising
2 Denmark 43.39 2023 down 5.6% flat
3 Finland 42.69 2023 down 2.0% rising
4 Belgium 42.58 2023 down 5.4% falling
5 Austria 42.54 2023 down 0.2% rising
6 Italy 41.99 2023 down 3.7% rising
7 Norway 41.44 2023 up 4.4% flat
8 Sweden 41.37 2023 down 3.1% falling
9 Luxembourg 40.92 2023 up 13.1% flat
10 Greece 39.78 2023 up 9.7% rising
11 Netherlands 38.53 2023 up 7.5% falling
12 Serbia 38.43 2022 up 11.6% rising
13 Croatia 38.01 2023 up 5.8% falling
14 Germany 37.48 2023 up 1.5% rising
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.14 2023 down 1.0% rising
16 Montenegro 36.77 2021 up 8.6% rising
17 Spain 36.42 2023 up 10.6% rising
18 Slovenia 36.39 2023 down 3.4% rising
19 Portugal 35.76 2023 up 5.3% rising
20 Iceland 35.57 2023 up 3.7% rising
21 Slovakia 35.49 2023 up 14.5% falling
22 Belarus 35.34 2023 down 1.8% falling
23 Poland 35.13 2023 up 8.4% falling
24 United Kingdom 34.91 2023 up 9.1% rising
25 Japan 34.86 2022 up 25.0% rising
26 Canada 34.78 2023 up 11.7% flat
27 Tunisia 34.76 2022 up 25.4% rising
28 New Zealand 34.71 2023 up 9.6% falling
29 Hungary 34.19 2023 down 11.1% falling
30 Czechia 33.7 2023 up 0.6% flat
31 Estonia 33.51 2023 up 7.2% flat
32 Malta 32.81 2009 up 16.8% rising
33 Brazil 32.73 2022 up 0.6% rising
34 Lithuania 32.6 2023 up 21.3% flat
35 Latvia 31.88 2023 up 8.3% rising
36 Ukraine 31.4 2023 down 13.5% flat
37 Mongolia 31.3 2022 up 21.7% rising
38 Republic of Moldova 30.64 2023 up 12.1% flat
39 Russian Federation 30.47 2023 down 3.3% falling
40 Lesotho 30.43 2022 down 39.6% rising
41 Australia 30.36 2022 up 11.7% flat
42 Bulgaria 29.97 2023 up 7.2% flat
43 Israel 29.81 2023 down 1.7% falling
44 Argentina 29.56 2022 down 3.5% rising
45 North Macedonia 29.55 2023 up 22.5% falling
46 Cyprus 28.15 2023 — rising
47 Liechtenstein 28.14 2020 up 28.1% flat
48 South Africa 28.13 2022 up 11.6% rising
49 Nicaragua 27.78 2022 up 33.4% rising
50 Jamaica 27.77 2023 up 17.8% rising
51 Eswatini 27.73 2023 down 1.0% rising
52 Romania 27.54 2022 up 4.0% falling
53 Seychelles 27.24 2023 down 3.0% rising
54 Namibia 26.98 2022 down 15.8% rising
55 Republic of Korea 26.87 2023 up 21.5% rising
56 Switzerland 26.79 2023 up 1.1% rising
57 Samoa 26.42 2023 up 18.6% rising
58 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.18 2021 up 22.4% rising
59 Barbados 26.16 2023 up 29.4% rising
60 Uruguay 25.88 2021 up 0.1% rising
61 Kyrgyzstan 25.85 2022 up 8.4% rising
62 Albania 25.47 2023 up 19.1% rising
63 Colombia 25.22 2023 up 28.0% rising
64 Costa Rica 24.93 2023 up 8.5% rising
65 United States 24.85 2023 down 2.2% flat
66 Georgia 24.59 2023 up 7.6% rising
67 Grenada 23.71 2023 up 28.8% rising
68 Maldives 23.61 2023 up 36.8% rising
69 Türkiye 23.22 2023 down 7.7% rising
70 Armenia 23 2023 up 2.5% rising
71 Botswana 22.79 2023 down 14.9% flat
72 Marshall Islands 22.52 2008 up 41.7% rising
73 Azerbaijan 22.5 2023 up 65.5% rising
74 Dominica 22.26 2023 up 0.6% rising
75 Tonga 22.19 2023 up 15.5% rising
76 China (People’s Republic of) 22.1 2023 down 9.4% rising
77 Ireland 21.9 2023 down 22.0% falling
78 Belize 21.74 2023 up 16.8% rising
79 Solomon Islands 21.61 2023 down 18.8% rising
80 Honduras 21.59 2022 up 17.4% rising
81 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 21.51 2023 down 36.2% rising
82 Macau, China 21.27 2023 down 39.8% rising
83 Mauritius 21.14 2023 up 12.7% rising
84 Morocco 20.98 2023 up 1.6% rising
85 Mozambique 20.92 2023 down 4.7% rising
86 Fiji 20.67 2023 down 5.3% rising
87 El Salvador 20.61 2023 up 20.8% rising
88 Gabon 20.49 1996 down 17.7% falling
89 Kazakhstan 20.46 2022 down 15.5% falling
90 Naoero 20.25 2023 up 129.0% rising
91 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20.19 2015 up 32.3% falling
92 United Arab Emirates 20 2022 down 21.1% falling
93 Trinidad and Tobago 19.85 2023 up 13.6% falling
94 Tajikistan 19.74 2022 down 0.3% rising
95 Eritrea 19.53 2002 up 11.3% falling
96 Senegal 19.39 2023 up 34.9% rising
97 Saint Lucia 19.37 2023 up 6.6% rising
98 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.33 2023 up 8.4% rising
99 Chile 18.88 2023 up 4.4% flat
100 Cabo Verde 18.84 2023 up 16.5% rising
101 Uzbekistan 18.83 2023 down 19.4% falling
102 Suriname 18.61 2022 up 5.0% rising
103 Aruba 18.53 2022 down 18.2% falling
104 Burkina Faso 18.4 2023 up 28.6% rising
105 Kiribati 18.32 2023 up 37.8% rising
106 Anguilla 18.18 2016 down 9.3% rising
107 Vanuatu 18.11 2023 down 0.6% rising
108 Palau 18.08 2020 up 6.9% rising
109 Antigua and Barbuda 18.01 2022 down 3.4% rising
110 Cuba 17.7 2021 down 53.2% rising
111 Nepal 17.67 2023 up 32.9% volatile
112 India 17.32 2023 down 0.8% rising
113 San Marino 17.27 2023 up 3.9% falling
114 Bahamas 17.25 2023 up 47.6% rising
115 Angola 17.17 2023 down 46.0% falling
116 Jordan 17.16 2023 up 14.2% rising
117 Thailand 17.04 2023 down 11.4% rising
118 Peru 16.91 2022 up 2.4% rising
119 Micronesia (Federated States of) 16.5 2023 up 35.2% rising
120 Zambia 16.23 2023 up 15.3% falling
121 Kenya 16.07 2023 up 16.1% rising
122 Papua New Guinea 15.83 2023 down 14.9% rising
123 Mali 15.51 2023 up 26.1% rising
124 Ecuador 15.13 2022 up 9.0% rising
125 Malawi 15.06 2023 up 50.1% rising
126 Togo 14.91 2023 up 23.2% rising
127 Zimbabwe 14.89 2021 down 4.3% falling
128 Dominican Republic 14.27 2023 up 5.2% rising
129 Mexico 14.27 2023 up 44.4% rising
130 Philippines 14.1 2023 up 10.7% rising
131 Singapore 14.01 2023 up 5.5% falling
132 Rwanda 13.98 2023 up 0.0% rising
133 Côte d'Ivoire 13.6 2023 up 20.6% falling
134 Ghana 13.54 2023 up 32.5% rising
135 Hong Kong, China 13.26 2023 down 0.9% rising
136 Tuvalu 13.26 2022 down 12.7% falling
137 Cameroon 13.04 2019 up 11.7% rising
138 Mauritania 12.58 2023 up 34.1% flat
139 Malaysia 12.57 2023 down 16.7% falling
140 Panama 12.5 2023 down 21.6% falling
141 Uganda 12.46 2023 up 44.4% rising
142 Bhutan 12.38 2023 down 12.0% rising
143 Pakistan 12.36 2023 up 23.6% rising
144 Guatemala 12.3 2023 up 7.4% rising
145 Cambodia 11.95 2023 up 28.7% rising
146 Turkmenistan 11.92 2008 up 9.5% rising
147 Guinea 11.88 2023 down 9.8% rising
148 Benin 11.63 2013 up 11.3% rising
149 Sao Tome and Principe 11.48 2023 down 39.5% rising
150 Liberia 11.48 2023 down 0.3% flat
151 United Republic of Tanzania 11.48 2023 up 7.0% rising
152 Paraguay 11.33 2023 up 14.2% rising
153 Djibouti 11.32 2020 down 23.5% falling
154 Equatorial Guinea 11.29 2023 up 45.0% falling
155 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10.62 2022 down 20.6% rising
156 Syrian Arab Republic 10.54 2008 down 28.4% rising
157 Madagascar 10.39 2023 up 16.2% rising
158 Guyana 10.32 2023 down 30.9% rising
159 Indonesia 10.31 2023 down 8.6% falling
160 Sri Lanka 9.85 2023 down 4.1% falling
161 Gambia 9.46 2023 up 2.2% rising
162 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9.33 2023 up 4.2% rising
163 Guinea-Bissau 9.17 2023 up 42.0% rising
164 Timor-Leste 8.71 2016 down 83.2% volatile
165 Comoros 8.19 2023 up 14.7% rising
166 Niger 8.05 2023 down 32.1% rising
167 Saudi Arabia 7.99 2023 up 584.7% volatile
168 Congo 7.83 2022 up 13.9% falling
169 Bangladesh 7.29 2023 down 2.5% rising
170 Central African Republic 7.19 2022 down 13.8% falling
171 Nigeria 7.17 2007 up 0.6% rising
172 Yemen 7.04 2012 down 0.6% falling
173 Afghanistan 6.76 2020 down 29.3% rising
174 Palestine, State of 6.65 2021 up 35.3% rising
175 Myanmar 6.44 2019 down 8.5% falling
176 Sierra Leone 6.33 2023 down 12.5% rising
177 Lebanon 5.78 2021 down 65.4% rising
178 Chad 5.67 2018 down 44.4% volatile
179 Brunei Darussalam 5.61 2023 down 52.9% falling
180 Qatar 4.43 2008 up 578.5% volatile
181 Oman 4.37 2023 up 97.2% volatile
182 Haiti 4 2023 down 42.3% rising
183 Sudan 3.08 2020 down 47.4% falling
184 Bahrain 2.82 2020 up 150.2% volatile
185 Somalia 2.06 2023 up 69.7% rising
186 Kuwait 1.19 2023 up 96.4% volatile
187 Libya 1.03 2012 down 76.0% volatile

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Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.

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Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled
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Coverage
187 places, 6,336 data points, 1980–2023
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Tax revenues vs income inequality with 52 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.