Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 9.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1998–2023
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 Democratic Republic of Congo stood at 9.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.7% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 11.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2000.
That places Democratic Republic of Congo 162nd out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Democratic Republic of Congo, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.2% | — |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -35.3% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | -26.5% |
| 2001 | 2.3% | +299.5% |
| 2002 | 3.0% | +30.3% |
| 2003 | 3.4% | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 4.7% | +38.4% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 5.4% | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 6.2% | +14.7% |
| 2008 | 7.3% | +17.5% |
| 2009 | 7.8% | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 8.2% | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 8.6% | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 10.0% | +15.8% |
| 2013 | 9.0% | -10.6% |
| 2014 | 8.4% | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 8.7% | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 7.7% | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 6.2% | -20.2% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | +14.2% |
| 2019 | 6.7% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 6.1% | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 7.9% | +29.3% |
| 2022 | 11.5% | +44.7% |
| 2023 | 9.3% | -18.7% |
Democratic Republic of Congo compared with similar countries
- Democratic Republic of Congo's 9.3% is below the median for low income countries, which is 9.5%, 99% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Democratic Republic of Congo's 9.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.5%, 69% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Democratic Republic of Congo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +299.5% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.6% | 0.6% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 6.2% | 10.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.7% | 6.1% | 11.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of Congo
More poverty & inequality data for Democratic Republic of Congo
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 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 6.05 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 871.8 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 0.9963 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 9.33 (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 -18.68 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Democratic Republic of Congo was 9.3% 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 Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 11.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2000.
- How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 162nd out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo 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.