Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 26.2% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1980–2021
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2021, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines stood at 26.2%. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
The figure is up 10.1% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines peaked at 26.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 12.7%, in 1981.
That places Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 58th out of 187 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 14.4% | — |
| 1981 | 12.7% | -12.0% |
| 1982 | 15.2% | +20.0% |
| 1983 | 17.2% | +13.6% |
| 1984 | 15.9% | -7.9% |
| 1985 | 17.1% | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 16.9% | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 17.2% | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 16.7% | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 17.6% | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 16.9% | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 19.3% | +14.1% |
| 1992 | 18.2% | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 18.4% | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 19.4% | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 19.0% | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 19.7% | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 20.4% | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 21.0% | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 20.6% | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 19.7% | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 19.4% | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 20.7% | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 19.8% | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 19.6% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 19.7% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 20.8% | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 20.9% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 22.6% | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 22.4% | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 21.7% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 21.4% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 21.8% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 20.4% | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 22.5% | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 22.7% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 24.3% | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 23.8% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 23.1% | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 22.6% | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 23.8% | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 26.2% | +10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16.1% | 12.7% | 17.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.3% | 16.9% | 21.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.6% | 19.4% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.4% | 20.4% | 24.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.0% | 23.8% | 26.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 55 Republic of Korea 26.9% compare
- 56 Switzerland 26.8% compare
- 57 Samoa 26.4% compare
- 59 Barbados 26.2% compare
- 60 Uruguay 25.9% compare
- 61 Kyrgyzstan 25.9% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.77 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 13,344 kg per hectare (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 -5.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 26.18 (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 10.09 % change on previous year (2021)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 26.1% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1198 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1198 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was 26.2% in 2021, 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The highest recorded value was 26.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.7% in 1981.
- How does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 58th out of 187 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.