Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Mongolia
Mongolia: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 31.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Mongolia, 1993–2022
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 Mongolia is 31.3%, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.5% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Mongolia peaked at 31.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 16.2%, in 1995.
Mongolia ranks 37th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 23.1% | — |
| 1994 | 17.7% | -23.6% |
| 1995 | 16.2% | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 16.4% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 17.6% | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 16.3% | -7.3% |
| 1999 | 16.8% | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 21.3% | +26.5% |
| 2001 | 23.6% | +10.6% |
| 2002 | 23.2% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 23.0% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 24.7% | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 22.8% | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 28.8% | +26.7% |
| 2009 | 24.6% | -14.7% |
| 2010 | 27.6% | +12.0% |
| 2011 | 29.7% | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 25.7% | -13.3% |
| 2013 | 26.7% | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 23.4% | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 22.4% | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 20.7% | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 25.0% | +21.0% |
| 2018 | 27.8% | +11.0% |
| 2019 | 28.4% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 24.9% | -12.2% |
| 2021 | 29.1% | +16.9% |
| 2022 | 31.3% | +7.5% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 31.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.9%, 1.4× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 31.3% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 18.1%, 1.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.7% | 16.2% | 23.1% | 7 |
| 2000s | 24.0% | 21.3% | 28.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 25.7% | 20.7% | 29.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.4% | 24.9% | 31.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More poverty & inequality data for Mongolia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 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 2.69 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,296 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 16.38 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 31.3 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 7.45 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Mongolia?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Mongolia was 31.3% in 2022, 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 31.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.2% in 1995.
- How does Mongolia rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Mongolia ranks 37th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.