Tax revenues vs income inequality in Belize
Belize: Tax revenues vs income inequality was 21.74 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
21.74
Change on year
up 3.9%
World rank
78th
of 186 countries
All-time high
22.55
in 2018
All-time low
13.44
in 1999
Years of data
42
1982–2023
Tax revenues vs income inequality in Belize, 1982–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenues vs income inequality in Belize is 21.74, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality in Belize peaked at 22.55 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 13.44, in 1999.
Belize ranks 78th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.84 | 13.68 | 16.46 | 8 |
| 1990s | 15.2 | 13.44 | 16.59 | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.01 | 13.72 | 17.87 | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.07 | 18.45 | 22.55 | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.83 | 20 | 21.74 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More poverty & inequality data for Belize
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 2.01 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,857 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.428 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 18.7 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1012 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1012 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1258 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% (2018)
- Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality in Belize?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality in Belize was 21.74 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 22.55 in 2018.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.44 in 1999.
- How does Belize rank for tax revenues vs income inequality?
- Belize ranks 78th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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