Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 22.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Azerbaijan, 1997–2023
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 Azerbaijan stood at 22.5%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.8% on the previous year and up 65.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Azerbaijan peaked at 22.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12.8%, in 2012.
That places Azerbaijan 73rd 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 27 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Azerbaijan, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 14.3% | — |
| 1998 | 14.5% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 14.3% | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 14.5% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 14.6% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 15.1% | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 15.4% | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 15.4% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 15.2% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 17.8% | +17.3% |
| 2007 | 19.9% | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 17.9% | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 15.7% | -12.2% |
| 2010 | 13.7% | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 13.5% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 12.8% | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 15.0% | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 16.5% | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 17.7% | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 14.2% | -19.9% |
| 2018 | 14.1% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 14.2% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 15.2% | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 13.4% | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 18.5% | +37.6% |
| 2023 | 22.5% | +21.8% |
Azerbaijan compared with similar countries
- Azerbaijan's 22.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.9%, 1.0× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Azerbaijan's 22.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 33.9%, 66% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.3% | 14.3% | 14.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 16.1% | 14.5% | 19.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.5% | 12.8% | 17.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 13.4% | 22.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Azerbaijan
More poverty & inequality data for Azerbaijan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 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 1.67 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,427 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 1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 22.5 (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 21.82 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Azerbaijan?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Azerbaijan was 22.5% 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 Azerbaijan?
- The highest recorded value was 22.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.8% in 2012.
- How does Azerbaijan rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Azerbaijan ranks 73rd out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Azerbaijan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Azerbaijan 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.