Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Somalia
Somalia: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 2.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Somalia, 2013–2023
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 2.1% for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in 2023.
That represents a change of up 15.9% on the previous year and up 69.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Somalia peaked at 2.9% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2013.
Somalia ranks 185th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Somalia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1.2% | — |
| 2014 | 1.2% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | +56.5% |
| 2017 | 2.5% | +17.7% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | +18.4% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | -39.2% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 1.8% | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 2.1% | +15.9% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 2.1% is below the median for low income countries, which is 9.5%, 22% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 2.1% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.5%, 15% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More poverty & inequality data for Somalia
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 6.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 503.5 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 27.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 2.06 (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 15.94 % change on previous year (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 7.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.2356 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.2356 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Somalia?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Somalia was 2.1% 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2018.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2013.
- How does Somalia rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Somalia ranks 185th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.