Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Senegal
Senegal: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 19.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Senegal, 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 Senegal is 19.4%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Senegal peaked at 19.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 1989.
Senegal ranks 96th 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 Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 14.1% | — |
| 1981 | 10.6% | -24.9% |
| 1982 | 11.0% | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 12.6% | +13.8% |
| 1984 | 12.1% | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 11.5% | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 10.3% | -10.7% |
| 1987 | 10.4% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 11.2% | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 10.1% | -9.6% |
| 1990 | 11.4% | +12.4% |
| 1991 | 12.3% | +8.3% |
| 1992 | 13.4% | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 11.1% | -17.4% |
| 1994 | 10.2% | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 11.0% | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 12.1% | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 11.7% | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 11.7% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 12.1% | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 12.6% | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 12.1% | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 12.9% | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 13.3% | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 13.9% | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 14.7% | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 15.1% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 15.5% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 14.5% | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 14.3% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 15.0% | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 15.3% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 15.1% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 14.4% | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 15.2% | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 15.3% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 15.9% | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 15.1% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 15.4% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 17.5% | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 17.4% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 17.8% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 18.9% | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 19.4% | +2.8% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 19.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.9%, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 19.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.5%, 1.4× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11.4% | 10.1% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.7% | 10.2% | 13.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.9% | 12.1% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 14.4% | 17.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.4% | 17.4% | 19.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 93 Trinidad and Tobago 19.9% compare
- 94 Tajikistan 19.7% compare
- 95 Eritrea 19.5% compare
- 97 Saint Lucia 19.4% compare
- 98 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.3% compare
- 99 Chile 18.9% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Senegal
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 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 3.82 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,192 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 13.47 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 19.39 (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 2.79 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Senegal?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Senegal was 19.4% 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 19.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 1989.
- How does Senegal rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Senegal ranks 96th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.