Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Albania
Albania: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 25.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Albania, 1992–2023
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Albania recorded 25.5% for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in 2023. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Albania peaked at 25.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12.8%, in 1996.
That places Albania 62nd 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 31 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Albania, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 13.8% | — |
| 1993 | 15.2% | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 16.1% | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 14.8% | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 12.8% | -13.6% |
| 1997 | 13.8% | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 18.8% | +36.0% |
| 1999 | 18.8% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 20.8% | +10.3% |
| 2001 | 20.6% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 21.1% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 21.4% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 22.5% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 22.5% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 23.2% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 23.3% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 24.2% | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 24.0% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 23.3% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 22.9% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 22.2% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 21.4% | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 23.9% | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 24.0% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 23.5% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 25.1% | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 24.9% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 23.9% | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 25.2% | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 24.8% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 25.5% | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.5% | 12.8% | 18.8% | 8 |
| 2000s | 22.4% | 20.6% | 24.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.5% | 21.4% | 25.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 24.8% | 23.9% | 25.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 59 Barbados 26.2% compare
- 60 Uruguay 25.9% compare
- 61 Kyrgyzstan 25.9% compare
- 63 Colombia 25.2% compare
- 64 Costa Rica 24.9% compare
- 65 United States 24.8% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Albania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.35 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,170 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 -0.5922 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 25.47 (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 2.51 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.107 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Albania?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Albania was 25.5% in 2023, according to UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 25.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.8% in 1996.
- How does Albania rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Albania ranks 62nd out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes include direct and indirect taxes as well as social contributions. The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.