Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Honduras
Honduras: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 21.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Honduras, 1991–2022
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 21.6% for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in 2022.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Honduras peaked at 22.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 11.7%, in 1991.
That places Honduras 80th out of 187 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 11.7% | — |
| 1992 | 12.8% | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 12.6% | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 11.8% | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 13.1% | +11.0% |
| 1996 | 12.6% | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 13.4% | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 15.8% | +17.9% |
| 1999 | 16.8% | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 16.5% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 16.3% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 16.2% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 17.2% | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 18.0% | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 17.7% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 18.3% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 19.2% | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 19.6% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 17.8% | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 18.1% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 18.3% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 18.4% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 19.0% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 20.2% | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 20.8% | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 22.5% | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 21.9% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 22.2% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 21.9% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 19.1% | -13.1% |
| 2021 | 21.5% | +12.6% |
| 2022 | 21.6% | +0.6% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 21.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.9%, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 21.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.6%, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.4% | 11.7% | 16.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 17.7% | 16.2% | 19.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.3% | 18.1% | 22.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.7% | 19.1% | 21.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More poverty & inequality data for Honduras
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 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 2.5 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,887 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 -0.2906 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 21.59 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 0.5941 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Honduras?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Honduras was 21.6% in 2022, 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 Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 22.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7% in 1991.
- How does Honduras rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Honduras ranks 80th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras 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.