Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in India
India: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 17.32 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in India, 1981–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in India is 17.32, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in India peaked at 18.81 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 12.99, in 1998.
India ranks 112th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in India, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 13.82 | — |
| 1982 | 14.02 | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 13.77 | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 14.02 | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 14.9 | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 15.43 | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 15.59 | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 15.41 | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 15.54 | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 15.12 | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 15.34 | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 14.87 | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 13.8 | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 14.35 | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 14.44 | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 14.29 | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 13.98 | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 12.99 | -7.0% |
| 1999 | 13.76 | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 14.23 | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 13.58 | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 14.13 | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 14.88 | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 15.95 | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 16.65 | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 17.82 | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 18.81 | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 17.59 | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 16.23 | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 17.23 | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 17.42 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 17.1 | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 17.46 | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 16.34 | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 16.83 | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 17.37 | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 17.55 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 17.02 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 16.98 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 16.16 | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 17.21 | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 17.28 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 17.32 | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.72 | 13.77 | 15.59 | 9 |
| 1990s | 14.29 | 12.99 | 15.34 | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.99 | 13.58 | 18.81 | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.13 | 16.34 | 17.55 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.99 | 16.16 | 17.32 | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
More poverty & inequality data for India
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.98 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,632 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.8468 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 17.32 (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 0.2129 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.403 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 7.41 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in India?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in India was 17.32 in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 18.81 in 2007.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.99 in 1998.
- How does India rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- India ranks 112th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.
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- Tax revenues vs income inequality 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.