Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 18.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Burkina Faso, 1980–2023
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 18.4% for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in 2023. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Burkina Faso peaked at 18.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 1992.
That places Burkina Faso 104th 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 44 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7.5% | — |
| 1981 | 7.7% | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 7.4% | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 7.4% | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 7.1% | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 7.0% | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 8.3% | +17.4% |
| 1987 | 8.6% | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 8.0% | -7.6% |
| 1989 | 7.1% | -10.4% |
| 1990 | 8.0% | +12.9% |
| 1991 | 8.0% | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 6.9% | -13.9% |
| 1993 | 7.1% | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 8.6% | +22.1% |
| 1995 | 9.5% | +10.6% |
| 1996 | 10.0% | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 10.4% | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 9.8% | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 10.7% | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 8.6% | -20.3% |
| 2001 | 8.7% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 9.2% | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 9.7% | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 10.7% | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 10.5% | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 11.0% | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 10.4% | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 11.1% | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 12.0% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 13.5% | +12.7% |
| 2013 | 14.3% | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 12.7% | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 12.8% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 14.4% | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 14.9% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 15.4% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 14.4% | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 13.7% | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 17.6% | +28.3% |
| 2023 | 18.4% | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.6% | 7.0% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.9% | 6.9% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.0% | 8.6% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.6% | 12.0% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.0% | 13.7% | 18.4% | 4 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Burkina Faso
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 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 4.19 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,198 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 -1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.4 (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 4.36 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Burkina Faso?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Burkina Faso was 18.4% 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 Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 18.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 1992.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Burkina Faso ranks 104th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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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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.