Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cuba
Cuba: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 17.7 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cuba, 1990–2021
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
In 2021, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cuba stood at 17.7. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 52.8% on the previous year and down 53.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cuba peaked at 44.74 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 17.7, in 2021.
Cuba ranks 110th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cuba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 29.08 | — |
| 1991 | 29.29 | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 31.93 | +9.0% |
| 1993 | 29.91 | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 33.49 | +12.0% |
| 1995 | 33.45 | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 31.85 | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 33.8 | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 35.95 | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 37.14 | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 37.19 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 35.97 | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 36.61 | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 36.64 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 35.55 | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 41.1 | +15.6% |
| 2006 | 44.74 | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 44 | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 41.17 | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 40.59 | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 37.23 | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 37.86 | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 39.2 | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 36.52 | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 37.12 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 38.08 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 41.15 | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 42.36 | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 42.29 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 42.06 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 37.51 | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 17.7 | -52.8% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 17.7 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.92, 81% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 17.7 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.61, 90% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cuba changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -52.8% | 37.51 | 17.7 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.59 | 29.08 | 37.14 | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.36 | 35.55 | 44.74 | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.39 | 36.52 | 42.36 | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.6 | 17.7 | 37.51 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More poverty & inequality data for Cuba
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.44 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,070 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.9048 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.7% (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -52.8 % change on previous year (2021)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.296 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0964 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0964 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cuba?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Cuba was 17.7 in 2021, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 44.74 in 2006.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.7 in 2021.
- How does Cuba rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Cuba ranks 110th out of 187 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
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.