Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Italy
Italy: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 41.99 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Italy, 1980–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Italy recorded 41.99 for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in 2023.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Italy peaked at 43.6 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 28.51, in 1980.
That places Italy 6th out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Italy, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 28.51 | — |
| 1981 | 29.63 | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 31.7 | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 33.58 | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 32.76 | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 32.28 | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 33.77 | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 33.86 | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 34.4 | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 35.33 | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 36.87 | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 37.27 | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 39.56 | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 41.17 | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 39.22 | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 38.37 | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 40.08 | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 41.47 | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 39.84 | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 40.71 | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 40.42 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 40 | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 39.47 | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 39.82 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 39.09 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 38.9 | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 40.28 | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 41.39 | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 41.44 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 41.79 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 41.53 | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 41.42 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 43.39 | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 43.6 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 43.1 | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 42.75 | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 42.02 | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 41.72 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 41.58 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 42.1 | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 42.36 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 41.99 | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 42.1 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 41.99 | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.58 | 28.51 | 35.33 | 10 |
| 1990s | 39.45 | 36.87 | 41.47 | 10 |
| 2000s | 40.26 | 38.9 | 41.79 | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.32 | 41.42 | 43.6 | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.11 | 41.99 | 42.36 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More poverty & inequality data for Italy
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 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 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,059 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 6.51 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 42.0% (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 -0.2786 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Italy?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Italy was 41.99 in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 43.6 in 2013.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.51 in 1980.
- How does Italy rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Italy ranks 6th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.