Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Comoros
Comoros: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 8.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Comoros, 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 Comoros stood at 8.2%.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Comoros peaked at 9.4% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 2000.
Comoros ranks 165th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Comoros, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7.5% | — |
| 1998 | 5.8% | -23.5% |
| 1999 | 6.1% | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 5.4% | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 5.4% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 6.2% | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 8.3% | +32.3% |
| 2004 | 7.9% | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 6.9% | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 6.4% | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 5.8% | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 5.9% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 6.4% | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 6.7% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 6.5% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 6.9% | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 7.1% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 7.0% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 6.8% | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 7.9% | +16.3% |
| 2017 | 9.4% | +19.4% |
| 2018 | 8.3% | -11.6% |
| 2019 | 6.8% | -17.8% |
| 2020 | 7.7% | +13.0% |
| 2021 | 8.6% | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | +5.6% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 8.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.9%, 55% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 8.2% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.5%, 60% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.5% | 5.8% | 7.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 6.5% | 5.4% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.3% | 6.5% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.1% | 7.7% | 8.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 162 Democratic Republic of Congo 9.3% compare
- 163 Guinea-Bissau 9.2% compare
- 164 East Timor 8.7% compare
- 166 Niger 8.1% compare
- 167 Saudi Arabia 8.0% compare
- 168 Congo 7.8% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Comoros
- 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 3.88 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,734 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 8.19 (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 5.57 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Comoros?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Comoros was 8.2% 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 9.4% in 2017.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 2000.
- How does Comoros rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Comoros ranks 165th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.