Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 18.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Antigua and Barbuda, 1991–2022
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2022, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Antigua and Barbuda stood at 18.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 19.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 2000.
Antigua and Barbuda ranks 109th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 13.4% | — |
| 1992 | 13.4% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 13.0% | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 13.2% | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 13.3% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 13.7% | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 13.1% | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 12.9% | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 12.6% | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 11.0% | -12.6% |
| 2001 | 12.5% | +13.4% |
| 2002 | 13.6% | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 13.8% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 14.0% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 13.8% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 15.3% | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 19.0% | +24.5% |
| 2008 | 18.6% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 17.7% | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 18.8% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 18.2% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 18.6% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 18.7% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 18.0% | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 18.9% | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 18.9% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 18.8% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 18.3% | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 17.7% | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 19.2% | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 18.4% | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 18.0% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.2% | 12.6% | 13.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 14.9% | 11.0% | 19.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.5% | 17.7% | 18.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.6% | 18.0% | 19.2% | 3 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.58 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,963 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.01 (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 -2.33 % change on previous year (2022)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 31.8% (2016)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1053 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1053 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Antigua and Barbuda was 18.0% in 2022, 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 Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 19.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 2000.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 109th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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.