Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled was 6.65 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Palestine, State of, 2005–2021
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Palestine, State of is 6.65, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 9.8% on the previous year and up 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Palestine, State of peaked at 6.65 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.22, in 2012.
Palestine, State of ranks 174th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4.66 | — |
| 2006 | 4.22 | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 4.39 | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 4.62 | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 4.69 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 5.02 | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 4.91 | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 4.22 | -14.2% |
| 2013 | 4.44 | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 5.19 | +17.1% |
| 2015 | 5.08 | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 5.31 | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 5.74 | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 5.23 | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 5.2 | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 6.06 | +16.5% |
| 2021 | 6.65 | +9.8% |
Palestine, State of compared with similar countries
- Palestine, State of's 6.65 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.9, 45% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Palestine, State of's 6.65 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7.99, 83% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.52 | 4.22 | 4.69 | 5 |
| 2010s | 5.03 | 4.22 | 5.74 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.35 | 6.06 | 6.65 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Palestine, State of
More poverty & inequality data for Palestine, State of
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 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 3.31 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,465 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 -2.53 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 6.6% (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 9.75 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Palestine, State of?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled in Palestine, State of was 6.65 in 2021, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 6.65 in 2021.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.22 in 2012.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled?
- Palestine, State of ranks 174th out of 187 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine, State 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.
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.