Tax revenues vs income inequality in Malawi
Malawi: Tax revenues vs income inequality was 15.06 in 2023. β² Rising
Latest (2023)
15.06
Change on year
up 11.5%
World rank
124th
of 186 countries
All-time high
15.06
in 2023
All-time low
3.9
in 1995
Years of data
40
1983β2023
Tax revenues vs income inequality in Malawi, 1983β2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, tax revenues vs income inequality in Malawi stood at 15.06. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.5% on the previous year and up 50.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality in Malawi peaked at 15.06 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.9, in 1995.
Malawi ranks 124th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.24 | 5.39 | 7.18 | 7 |
| 1990s | 5.53 | 3.9 | 7.33 | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.1 | 5.4 | 10.27 | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.09 | 9.63 | 12.18 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.07 | 11.59 | 15.06 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More poverty & inequality data for Malawi
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 3.65 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,857 (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 -4.49 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 15.06 (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 11.53 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.581 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 7.42 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality in Malawi?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality in Malawi was 15.06 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 15.06 in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9 in 1995.
- How does Malawi rank for tax revenues vs income inequality?
- Malawi ranks 124th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Tax revenues vs income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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