Tax revenue in Africa

15 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
35.4 %
Lesotho
Median country
15.6 %
half above, half below
World
13.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
2.2 to 35.4
Somalia - Lesotho

How to read it

Across 15 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Lesotho (35.4 %) and the lowest in Somalia (2.2 %).

The median country is at 15.6 %: half are above, half below.

Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

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Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) · via World Bank WDI (GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS) · licence

Tax revenue over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Lesotho35.4
2Namibia33.9
3South Africa25.9
4Mozambique21.8
5Mauritius20.5
6Zambia18.8
7Burkina Faso18.7
8Malawi15.6
9Tanzania12.7
10Uganda12.6
11Madagascar10.9
12Guinea-Bissau8.3
13Angola7.6
14Ethiopia3.4
15Somalia2.2
World Bank, WDI · GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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