Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Tanzania, United Republic of
Tanzania, United Republic of: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 11.48 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Tanzania, United Republic of, 1980–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Tanzania, United Republic of recorded 11.48 for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in 2023.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Tanzania, United Republic of peaked at 12.17 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 6.64, in 1986.
That places Tanzania, United Republic of 151st out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Tanzania, United Republic of, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7.63 | — |
| 1981 | 7.63 | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 7.03 | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 7.54 | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 7.79 | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 7.68 | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 6.64 | -13.5% |
| 1987 | 7.29 | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 6.92 | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 8.29 | +19.8% |
| 1990 | 8.08 | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 8.96 | +11.0% |
| 1992 | 9.22 | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 6.99 | -24.2% |
| 1994 | 7.89 | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 8.18 | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 8.39 | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 9 | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 7.42 | -17.6% |
| 1999 | 7.03 | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 6.99 | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 7.49 | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 7.4 | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 7.52 | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 7.81 | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 7.97 | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 8.23 | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 9.31 | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 10.11 | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 10.57 | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 9.96 | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 9.88 | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 10.43 | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 10.72 | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 11.36 | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 10.49 | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 11.39 | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 11.67 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 12.17 | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 11.45 | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 12.12 | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 11.28 | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 12.04 | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 11.48 | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.44 | 6.64 | 8.29 | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.12 | 6.99 | 9.22 | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.34 | 6.99 | 10.57 | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.95 | 9.88 | 12.17 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.73 | 11.28 | 12.12 | 4 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Tanzania, United Republic of
- 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 4.61 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,961 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 8.03 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.5% (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 -4.73 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Tanzania, United Republic of was 11.48 in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 12.17 in 2018.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.64 in 1986.
- How does Tanzania, United Republic of rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 151st out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania, United Republic of 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 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.