Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Indonesia
Indonesia: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 10.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Indonesia, 1980–2023
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Indonesia is 10.3%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Indonesia peaked at 17.1% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 8.3%, in 2020.
Indonesia ranks 159th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 17.0% | — |
| 1981 | 17.1% | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 15.2% | -10.9% |
| 1983 | 15.8% | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 16.3% | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 14.8% | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 12.3% | -16.9% |
| 1990 | 14.7% | +19.5% |
| 1991 | 13.0% | -11.7% |
| 1992 | 13.3% | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 12.3% | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 12.6% | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 11.8% | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 12.0% | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 13.4% | +11.2% |
| 1998 | 12.4% | -7.0% |
| 1999 | 12.9% | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 12.1% | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 15.0% | +24.0% |
| 2002 | 13.7% | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 13.5% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 14.7% | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 15.0% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 11.3% | -24.7% |
| 2007 | 11.4% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 12.2% | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 10.3% | -15.2% |
| 2010 | 10.5% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 11.2% | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 11.4% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 11.3% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 10.9% | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 10.8% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 10.4% | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 9.9% | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 10.2% | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 9.8% | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 8.3% | -14.7% |
| 2021 | 9.1% | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 10.4% | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 10.3% | -0.7% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 10.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.9%, 47% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 10.3% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 18.1%, 57% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15.5% | 12.3% | 17.1% | 7 |
| 1990s | 12.8% | 11.8% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.9% | 10.3% | 15.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.6% | 9.8% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.5% | 8.3% | 10.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More poverty & inequality data for Indonesia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 10 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 2.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,829 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 -0.0857 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 10.31 (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 -0.7393 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Indonesia?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Indonesia was 10.3% 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 Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 17.1% in 1981.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.3% in 2020.
- How does Indonesia rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Indonesia ranks 159th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.