Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Comoros
Comoros: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 8.19 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Comoros, 1997–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Comoros is 8.19, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Comoros peaked at 9.38 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 5.38, in 2000.
Comoros ranks 165th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Comoros, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7.54 | — |
| 1998 | 5.76 | -23.5% |
| 1999 | 6.12 | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 5.38 | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 5.43 | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 6.24 | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 8.25 | +32.3% |
| 2004 | 7.88 | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 6.86 | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 6.4 | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 5.84 | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 5.93 | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 6.42 | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 6.66 | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 6.5 | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 6.9 | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 7.14 | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 7.03 | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 6.76 | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 7.86 | +16.3% |
| 2017 | 9.38 | +19.4% |
| 2018 | 8.29 | -11.6% |
| 2019 | 6.81 | -17.8% |
| 2020 | 7.7 | +13.0% |
| 2021 | 8.63 | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 7.76 | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 8.19 | +5.6% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 8.19 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.9, 55% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 8.19 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.54, 60% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.47 | 5.76 | 7.54 | 3 |
| 2000s | 6.46 | 5.38 | 8.25 | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.33 | 6.5 | 9.38 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.07 | 7.7 | 8.63 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 162 Democratic Republic of Congo 9.33 compare
- 163 Guinea-Bissau 9.17 compare
- 164 East Timor 8.71 compare
- 166 Niger 8.05 compare
- 167 Saudi Arabia 7.99 compare
- 168 Congo 7.83 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Comoros
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.88 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,734 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 8.2% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 5.57 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Comoros?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Comoros was 8.19 in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 9.38 in 2017.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.38 in 2000.
- How does Comoros rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Comoros ranks 165th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
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.
Computed from
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
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About this data
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.