Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Kiribati
Kiribati: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 18.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Kiribati, 1980–2023
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 18.3% for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.4% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Kiribati peaked at 22.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 11.3%, in 1984.
Kiribati ranks 105th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 21.0% | — |
| 1981 | 14.2% | -32.5% |
| 1982 | 13.8% | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 13.5% | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 11.3% | -16.6% |
| 1985 | 13.5% | +19.8% |
| 1986 | 13.6% | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 17.9% | +31.4% |
| 1988 | 15.1% | -15.4% |
| 1989 | 17.3% | +14.5% |
| 1990 | 19.6% | +13.2% |
| 1991 | 19.4% | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 12.1% | -37.5% |
| 1993 | 13.4% | +10.8% |
| 1994 | 13.0% | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 16.6% | +27.0% |
| 1996 | 15.4% | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 15.6% | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 15.8% | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 17.6% | +11.3% |
| 2000 | 17.8% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 17.3% | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 20.4% | +18.0% |
| 2005 | 19.5% | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 19.3% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 18.1% | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 16.9% | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 16.0% | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 15.7% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 14.4% | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 13.7% | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 13.3% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 12.8% | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 13.7% | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 13.8% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 17.9% | +29.5% |
| 2019 | 22.3% | +24.7% |
| 2020 | 21.3% | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 21.5% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 20.2% | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 18.3% | -9.4% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 18.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.9%, 1.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 18.3% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 18.1%, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15.1% | 11.3% | 21.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.9% | 12.1% | 19.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.2% | 16.0% | 20.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 15.3% | 12.8% | 22.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 20.4% | 18.3% | 21.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
More poverty & inequality data for Kiribati
- 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 3.15 live births per woman (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.32 (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 -9.37 % change on previous year (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1605 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1605 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Kiribati?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Kiribati was 18.3% 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 Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 22.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.3% in 1984.
- How does Kiribati rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Kiribati ranks 105th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati 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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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.