Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Somalia
Somalia: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 2.06 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Somalia, 2013–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
In 2023, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Somalia stood at 2.06.
That represents a change of up 15.9% on the previous year and up 69.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Somalia peaked at 2.94 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1.22, in 2013.
Somalia ranks 185th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1.22 | — |
| 2014 | 1.24 | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 1.35 | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 2.11 | +56.5% |
| 2017 | 2.48 | +17.7% |
| 2018 | 2.94 | +18.4% |
| 2019 | 1.79 | -39.2% |
| 2020 | 1.62 | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 1.72 | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 1.78 | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 2.06 | +15.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.88 | 1.22 | 2.94 | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.79 | 1.62 | 2.06 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More poverty & inequality data for Somalia
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 6.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 503.5 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 27.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 2.1% (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 15.94 % change on previous year (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 7.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.2356 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.2356 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Somalia?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Somalia was 2.06 in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.94 in 2018.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.22 in 2013.
- How does Somalia rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Somalia ranks 185th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.