Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Mexico
Mexico: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 14.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Mexico, 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 Mexico is 14.3%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Mexico peaked at 14.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 1996.
Mexico ranks 129th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 11.5% | — |
| 1981 | 11.2% | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 11.4% | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 13.6% | +19.5% |
| 1984 | 13.2% | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 12.7% | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 12.1% | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 12.9% | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 12.1% | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 12.5% | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 9.4% | -25.0% |
| 1991 | 9.4% | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 9.7% | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 8.7% | -10.5% |
| 1994 | 8.7% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 7.1% | -18.2% |
| 1996 | 7.0% | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 7.8% | +10.3% |
| 1998 | 8.2% | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 8.9% | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 8.6% | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 9.1% | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 9.4% | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 9.4% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 8.5% | -10.2% |
| 2005 | 8.3% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 8.6% | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 8.9% | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 9.6% | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 9.7% | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 9.6% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 9.4% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 9.9% | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 10.2% | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 12.3% | +20.5% |
| 2016 | 13.1% | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 12.7% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 12.7% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 12.8% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 13.9% | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 13.4% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 13.4% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 14.3% | +6.2% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 14.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.9%, 65% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 14.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.6%, 73% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12.3% | 11.2% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.5% | 7.0% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.0% | 8.3% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.2% | 9.4% | 13.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.8% | 13.4% | 14.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More poverty & inequality data for Mexico
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 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 1.91 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,262 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 7.9 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 14.27 (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 6.19 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Mexico?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Mexico was 14.3% 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 14.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 1996.
- How does Mexico rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Mexico ranks 129th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.