Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Malawi
Malawi: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 15.06 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Malawi, 1983–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Malawi recorded 15.06 for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in 2023. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.5% on the previous year and up 50.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Malawi peaked at 15.06 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.9, in 1995.
That places Malawi 125th out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5.92 | — |
| 1984 | 5.73 | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 6.24 | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 7.18 | +15.1% |
| 1987 | 6.81 | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 5.39 | -20.8% |
| 1989 | 6.38 | +18.2% |
| 1990 | 7.33 | +14.9% |
| 1991 | 5.89 | -19.7% |
| 1992 | 6.45 | +9.6% |
| 1993 | 5.06 | -21.6% |
| 1994 | 5.5 | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 3.9 | -29.2% |
| 1996 | 4.52 | +16.0% |
| 1997 | 5.25 | +16.2% |
| 1998 | 6.05 | +15.1% |
| 1999 | 5.39 | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 5.66 | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 6.39 | +12.9% |
| 2002 | 5.4 | -15.5% |
| 2003 | 6.19 | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 6.92 | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 7.34 | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 7.82 | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 7.92 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 9.1 | +14.9% |
| 2009 | 10.27 | +13.0% |
| 2010 | 10.92 | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 10.97 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 9.63 | -12.3% |
| 2013 | 10.03 | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 11.32 | +12.8% |
| 2015 | 10.78 | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 10.88 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 12.18 | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 12.17 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 12 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 12.14 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 11.59 | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 13.5 | +16.5% |
| 2023 | 15.06 | +11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.24 | 5.39 | 7.18 | 7 |
| 1990s | 5.53 | 3.9 | 7.33 | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.3 | 5.4 | 10.27 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.09 | 9.63 | 12.18 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.07 | 11.59 | 15.06 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More poverty & inequality data for Malawi
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 3.65 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,857 (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 -4.49 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 15.06 (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 11.53 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.581 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 7.42 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Malawi?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Malawi was 15.06 in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 15.06 in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9 in 1995.
- How does Malawi rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Malawi ranks 125th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.