Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Djibouti
Djibouti: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 11.3% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Djibouti, 1981–2020
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2020, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Djibouti stood at 11.3%. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.0% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Djibouti peaked at 20.9% in 1985 and was at its lowest, 11.3%, in 2020.
Djibouti ranks 153rd of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Djibouti, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 19.4% | — |
| 1982 | 19.7% | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 19.4% | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 19.0% | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 20.9% | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 17.2% | -17.4% |
| 1987 | 18.0% | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 18.0% | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 18.5% | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 16.7% | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 17.0% | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 17.8% | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 19.3% | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 19.8% | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 19.0% | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 19.0% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 17.4% | -8.4% |
| 1998 | 15.8% | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 15.3% | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 15.2% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 14.5% | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 14.9% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 16.1% | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 17.1% | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 17.4% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 17.3% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 17.3% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 14.3% | -17.5% |
| 2009 | 14.8% | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 14.8% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 14.4% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 14.9% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 14.1% | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 13.3% | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 14.3% | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 14.0% | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 13.5% | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 13.3% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 13.0% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 11.3% | -13.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18.9% | 17.2% | 20.9% | 9 |
| 1990s | 17.7% | 15.3% | 19.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.9% | 14.3% | 17.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.0% | 13.0% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.3% | 11.3% | 11.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Djibouti
More poverty & inequality data for Djibouti
- 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 2.61 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,041 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 0.3343 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 11.32 (2020)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -12.96 % change on previous year (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Djibouti?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Djibouti was 11.3% in 2020, 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 Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 20.9% in 1985.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.3% in 2020.
- How does Djibouti rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Djibouti ranks 153rd out of 187 countries with data for 2020.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Djibouti 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.