Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 20 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in United Arab Emirates, 2012–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 20 for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in 2022.
That represents a change of up 43.8% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in United Arab Emirates peaked at 25.33 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8.94, in 2016.
United Arab Emirates ranks 92nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 25.33 | — |
| 2013 | 25.18 | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 21.89 | -13.1% |
| 2015 | 15.1 | -31.0% |
| 2016 | 8.94 | -40.8% |
| 2017 | 11.94 | +33.6% |
| 2018 | 15.65 | +31.1% |
| 2019 | 15.17 | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 12.79 | -15.7% |
| 2021 | 13.91 | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 20 | +43.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 17.4 | 8.94 | 25.33 | 8 |
| 2020s | 15.56 | 12.79 | 20 | 3 |
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More poverty & inequality data for United Arab Emirates
- 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 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.2 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 23,306 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 14.42 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 20.0% (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 43.75 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in United Arab Emirates?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in United Arab Emirates was 20 in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 25.33 in 2012.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.94 in 2016.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 92nd out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.