Tax revenues vs income inequality in Rwanda
Rwanda: Tax revenues vs income inequality was 13.98 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
13.98
Change on year
down 10.4%
World rank
131st
of 186 countries
All-time high
16.3
in 2019
All-time low
3.01
in 1994
Years of data
44
1980–2023
Tax revenues vs income inequality in Rwanda, 1980–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 13.98 for tax revenues vs income inequality in 2023.
That represents a change of down 10.4% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenues vs income inequality in Rwanda peaked at 16.3 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.01, in 1994.
Rwanda ranks 131st of 186 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.39 | 7.53 | 9.84 | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.34 | 3.01 | 8.74 | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.15 | 8.12 | 11.64 | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.28 | 11.55 | 16.3 | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.42 | 13.98 | 16.05 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 128 Mexico 14.27 compare
- 129 Philippines 14.1 compare
- 130 Singapore 14.01 compare
- 132 Côte d’Ivoire 13.6 compare
- 133 Ghana 13.54 compare
- 134 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 13.26 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Rwanda
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 3.7 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,784 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 11.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.394 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 14.18 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1462 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1462 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1683 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenues vs income inequality in Rwanda?
- Tax revenues vs income inequality in Rwanda was 13.98 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3 in 2019.
- What is the lowest tax revenues vs income inequality recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.01 in 1994.
- How does Rwanda rank for tax revenues vs income inequality?
- Rwanda ranks 131st out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenues vs income inequality rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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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