Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Switzerland
Switzerland: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 26.79 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Switzerland, 1981–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 26.79 for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Switzerland peaked at 27.99 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 22.68, in 1981.
That places Switzerland 56th 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 43 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 22.68 | — |
| 1982 | 22.99 | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 23.5 | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 23.66 | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 23.13 | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 24.07 | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 23.82 | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 24.09 | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 23.37 | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 22.85 | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 22.71 | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 23.17 | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 23.67 | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 24.04 | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 25.24 | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 25.69 | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 25.39 | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 26.15 | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 26.41 | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 27.29 | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 26.6 | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 27.17 | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 26.48 | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 26.23 | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 26.18 | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 25.93 | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 25.76 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 26.18 | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 26.56 | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 26.09 | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 26.42 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 26.34 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 26.5 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 26.18 | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 26.97 | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 26.94 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 27.7 | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 27.17 | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 27.64 | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 27.93 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 27.99 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 26.58 | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 26.79 | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 23.48 | 22.68 | 24.09 | 9 |
| 1990s | 24.53 | 22.71 | 26.41 | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.44 | 25.76 | 27.29 | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.8 | 26.09 | 27.7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.33 | 26.58 | 27.99 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 53 Seychelles 27.24 compare
- 54 Namibia 26.98 compare
- 55 South Korea 26.87 compare
- 57 Samoa 26.42 compare
- 58 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.18 compare
- 59 Barbados 26.16 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Switzerland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 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 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,706 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 -6.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 26.8% (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 0.7899 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Switzerland?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Switzerland was 26.79 in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 27.99 in 2021.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.68 in 1981.
- How does Switzerland rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Switzerland ranks 56th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.