Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Anguilla
Anguilla: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 18.2% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Anguilla, 2000–2016
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Anguilla is 18.2%, measured in 2016.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Anguilla peaked at 22.9% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 13.9%, in 2001.
Anguilla ranks 106th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Anguilla, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.4% | — |
| 2001 | 13.9% | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 15.0% | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 14.4% | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 17.8% | +24.1% |
| 2005 | 16.6% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 20.0% | +21.1% |
| 2007 | 17.1% | -14.5% |
| 2008 | 16.2% | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 14.6% | -9.8% |
| 2010 | 16.0% | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 22.9% | +42.9% |
| 2012 | 20.5% | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 19.4% | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 18.6% | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 18.3% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 18.2% | -0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Anguilla changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +42.9% | 16.0% | 22.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.0% | 13.9% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.1% | 16.0% | 22.9% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Anguilla
More poverty & inequality data for Anguilla
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.36 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.18 (2016)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -0.4245 % change on previous year (2016)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 38.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0793 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0793 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1003 (2023)
- Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0046 (2013)
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% (2013)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Anguilla?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Anguilla was 18.2% in 2016, 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 Anguilla?
- The highest recorded value was 22.9% in 2011.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Anguilla?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.9% in 2001.
- How does Anguilla rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Anguilla ranks 106th out of 187 countries with data for 2016.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Anguilla?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Anguilla 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.