Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Armenia
Armenia: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 23.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Armenia, 1995–2023
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Armenia stood at 23.0%. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Armenia peaked at 23.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12.7%, in 1995.
That places Armenia 70th 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 29 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Armenia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 12.7% | — |
| 1996 | 12.9% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 16.2% | +26.3% |
| 1998 | 17.0% | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 19.3% | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 17.7% | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 17.1% | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 17.8% | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 17.2% | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 17.1% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 17.6% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 17.8% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 19.2% | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 20.7% | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 20.3% | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 20.7% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 21.0% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 21.0% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 22.4% | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 22.4% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 21.6% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 21.8% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 21.3% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 21.3% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 22.8% | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 22.3% | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 22.5% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 22.3% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 23.0% | +3.1% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's 23.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.9%, 1.0× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Armenia's 23.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 33.9%, 68% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Armenia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +26.3% | 12.9% | 16.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.6% | 12.7% | 19.3% | 5 |
| 2000s | 18.2% | 17.1% | 20.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.6% | 20.7% | 22.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.5% | 22.3% | 23.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
More poverty & inequality data for Armenia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 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 1.71 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,961 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 -17.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 23 (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 3.14 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Armenia?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Armenia was 23.0% 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 Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 23.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.7% in 1995.
- How does Armenia rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Armenia ranks 70th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Armenia 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.