Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Palestine, State of
Palestine, State of: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 6.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Palestine, State of, 2005–2021
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 Palestine, State of stood at 6.6%. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.8% on the previous year and up 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Palestine, State of peaked at 6.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2012.
Palestine, State of ranks 174th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Palestine, State of, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4.7% | — |
| 2006 | 4.2% | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 4.4% | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 4.6% | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 5.0% | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 4.9% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | -14.2% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 5.2% | +17.1% |
| 2015 | 5.1% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 5.3% | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 5.7% | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 5.2% | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 5.2% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 6.1% | +16.5% |
| 2021 | 6.6% | +9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.5% | 4.2% | 4.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 6.1% | 6.6% | 2 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Palestine, State of
- 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 3.31 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,465 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 -2.53 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 6.65 (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 9.75 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Palestine, State of?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Palestine, State of was 6.6% 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 Palestine, State of?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Palestine, State of?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2012.
- How does Palestine, State of rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Palestine, State of ranks 174th out of 187 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine, State of 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.