Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Mauritius
Mauritius: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 21.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Mauritius, 1980–2023
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 21.1% for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in 2023. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Mauritius peaked at 21.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 14.1%, in 2002.
That places Mauritius 83rd out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 16.8% | — |
| 1981 | 17.1% | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 15.9% | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 18.9% | +18.7% |
| 1991 | 19.1% | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 18.1% | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 16.8% | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 16.6% | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 14.6% | -12.4% |
| 1996 | 14.2% | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 15.4% | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 15.2% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 15.7% | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 15.9% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 14.2% | -10.8% |
| 2002 | 14.1% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 15.1% | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 15.3% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 16.2% | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 15.7% | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 14.8% | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 16.7% | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 18.4% | +10.4% |
| 2010 | 18.4% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 18.3% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 18.9% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 18.8% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 18.6% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 18.0% | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 17.5% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 17.8% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 18.3% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 19.5% | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 20.8% | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 19.4% | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 20.6% | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 21.1% | +2.7% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 21.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.9%, 96% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 21.1% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.5%, 1.6× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16.6% | 15.9% | 17.1% | 3 |
| 1990s | 16.5% | 14.2% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.7% | 14.1% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.4% | 17.5% | 19.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.5% | 19.4% | 21.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More poverty & inequality data for Mauritius
- 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 1.24 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 11,643 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 25.91 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 21.14 (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 2.66 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Mauritius?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Mauritius was 21.1% 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 21.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.1% in 2002.
- How does Mauritius rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Mauritius ranks 83rd out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.