Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Suriname
Suriname: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 18.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Suriname, 1991–2022
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 18.6% for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in 2022.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Suriname peaked at 21.9% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 1993.
That places Suriname 102nd out of 187 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Suriname, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 12.4% | — |
| 1992 | 9.2% | -26.0% |
| 1993 | 4.2% | -54.1% |
| 1994 | 9.2% | +118.2% |
| 1995 | 13.1% | +42.4% |
| 1996 | 15.0% | +14.7% |
| 1997 | 14.0% | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 16.6% | +18.2% |
| 1999 | 13.8% | -16.7% |
| 2000 | 15.2% | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 21.9% | +44.1% |
| 2002 | 15.8% | -27.9% |
| 2003 | 16.4% | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 16.3% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 16.0% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 16.7% | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 18.3% | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 16.9% | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 14.3% | -15.4% |
| 2010 | 14.7% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 17.2% | +17.5% |
| 2012 | 17.7% | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 18.3% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 16.5% | -9.9% |
| 2015 | 16.5% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 12.5% | -24.0% |
| 2017 | 13.2% | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 13.9% | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 14.9% | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 13.3% | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 18.3% | +37.7% |
| 2022 | 18.6% | +1.9% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 18.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.9%, 85% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 18.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.6%, 95% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Suriname changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +118.2% | 4.2% | 9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.0% | 4.2% | 16.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 16.8% | 14.3% | 21.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.5% | 12.5% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.7% | 13.3% | 18.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 99 Chile 18.9% compare
- 100 Cape Verde 18.8% compare
- 101 Uzbekistan 18.8% compare
- 103 Aruba 18.5% compare
- 104 Burkina Faso 18.4% compare
- 105 Kiribati 18.3% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Suriname
- 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 2.25 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,079 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 8.39 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.61 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.92 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Suriname?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Suriname was 18.6% in 2022, 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 21.9% in 2001.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 1993.
- How does Suriname rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Suriname ranks 102nd out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.