Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Suriname
Suriname: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 18.61 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Suriname, 1991–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Suriname recorded 18.61 for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Suriname peaked at 21.87 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 4.22, in 1993.
Suriname ranks 102nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 12.43 | — |
| 1992 | 9.19 | -26.0% |
| 1993 | 4.22 | -54.1% |
| 1994 | 9.2 | +118.2% |
| 1995 | 13.1 | +42.4% |
| 1996 | 15.02 | +14.7% |
| 1997 | 14.05 | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 16.6 | +18.2% |
| 1999 | 13.82 | -16.7% |
| 2000 | 15.17 | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 21.87 | +44.1% |
| 2002 | 15.76 | -27.9% |
| 2003 | 16.41 | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 16.31 | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 16.03 | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 16.67 | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 18.31 | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 16.85 | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 14.26 | -15.4% |
| 2010 | 14.66 | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 17.23 | +17.5% |
| 2012 | 17.72 | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 18.33 | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 16.51 | -9.9% |
| 2015 | 16.48 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 12.52 | -24.0% |
| 2017 | 13.18 | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 13.89 | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 14.87 | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 13.26 | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 18.26 | +37.7% |
| 2022 | 18.61 | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.96 | 4.22 | 16.6 | 9 |
| 2000s | 16.77 | 14.26 | 21.87 | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.54 | 12.52 | 18.33 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.71 | 13.26 | 18.61 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 99 Chile 18.88 compare
- 100 Cape Verde 18.84 compare
- 101 Uzbekistan 18.83 compare
- 103 Aruba 18.53 compare
- 104 Burkina Faso 18.4 compare
- 105 Kiribati 18.32 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Suriname
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 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 2.25 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,079 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 8.39 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.6% (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 1.92 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Suriname?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Suriname was 18.61 in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 21.87 in 2001.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.22 in 1993.
- How does Suriname rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Suriname ranks 102nd out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.