Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lesotho
Lesotho: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 30.43 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lesotho, 1982–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lesotho is 30.43, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lesotho peaked at 60.95 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 28, in 1982.
Lesotho ranks 40th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 28 | — |
| 1983 | 33.77 | +20.6% |
| 1984 | 36.71 | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 33.76 | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 30.75 | -8.9% |
| 1987 | 29.67 | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 29.08 | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 32.67 | +12.4% |
| 1990 | 33.94 | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 34.16 | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 35.82 | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 38.87 | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 39.08 | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 37.77 | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 37 | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 37.69 | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 32.24 | -14.5% |
| 1999 | 32.9 | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 30.25 | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 32.25 | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 30.95 | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 32.53 | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 37.26 | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 36.3 | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 48.77 | +34.4% |
| 2007 | 51.07 | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 54.02 | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 60.95 | +12.8% |
| 2010 | 38.4 | -37.0% |
| 2011 | 36.78 | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 50.37 | +37.0% |
| 2013 | 47.16 | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 46.79 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 33.49 | -28.4% |
| 2016 | 29.37 | -12.3% |
| 2017 | 32.2 | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 31.65 | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 32.72 | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 35.53 | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 31.52 | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 30.43 | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 31.8 | 28 | 36.71 | 8 |
| 1990s | 35.95 | 32.24 | 39.08 | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.44 | 30.25 | 60.95 | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.89 | 29.37 | 50.37 | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.5 | 30.43 | 35.53 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More poverty & inequality data for Lesotho
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 2.69 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 804.1 (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 10.32 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 30.43 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -3.46 % change on previous year (2022)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.534 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 31.25 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lesotho?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Lesotho was 30.43 in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 60.95 in 2009.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 28 in 1982.
- How does Lesotho rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Lesotho ranks 40th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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 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.