Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Qatar
Qatar: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 4.4% in 2008. ◆ Volatile
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Qatar, 2000–2008
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 4.4% for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in 2008.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and up 578.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Qatar peaked at 4.7% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2000.
Qatar ranks 180th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Qatar, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7% | — |
| 2001 | 2.7% | +308.6% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | -62.1% |
| 2003 | 2.0% | +100.7% |
| 2004 | 2.5% | +22.1% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | -46.0% |
| 2006 | 3.4% | +154.5% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | +36.7% |
| 2008 | 4.4% | -4.8% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 4.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 29.8%, 15% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 4.4% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8.0%, 55% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Qatar
More poverty & inequality data for Qatar
- 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 1.73 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 18,275 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 62.56 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 4.43 (2008)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2008)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -4.75 % change on previous year (2008)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Qatar?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Qatar was 4.4% in 2008, 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 Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 4.7% in 2007.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2000.
- How does Qatar rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Qatar ranks 180th out of 187 countries with data for 2008.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 578.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Qatar 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.