Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 27.78 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Nicaragua, 1997–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 27.78 for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in 2022. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 33.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Nicaragua peaked at 27.78 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13.09, in 1997.
That places Nicaragua 49th out of 187 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 13.09 | — |
| 1998 | 14.1 | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 13.91 | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 14.35 | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 14.15 | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 14.79 | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 16.23 | +9.7% |
| 2004 | 16.23 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 17.35 | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 18.51 | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 18.85 | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 18.13 | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 18.49 | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 19.33 | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 20.19 | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 20.82 | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 21.23 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 21.76 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 22.31 | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 23.27 | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 23.85 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 23.23 | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 25.52 | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 25.41 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 27.04 | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 27.78 | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.7 | 13.09 | 14.1 | 3 |
| 2000s | 16.71 | 14.15 | 18.85 | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.15 | 19.33 | 25.52 | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.74 | 25.41 | 27.78 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More poverty & inequality data for Nicaragua
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 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 2.22 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,515 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 6.63 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.8% (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 2.74 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Nicaragua?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Nicaragua was 27.78 in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 27.78 in 2022.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.09 in 1997.
- How does Nicaragua rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Nicaragua ranks 49th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.