Kenya vs Rwanda: Revenue Statistics in Africa - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues

Kenya
15.63 Percentage of GDP
in 2024
Rwanda
16.01 Percentage of GDP
in 2024
Kenya rank
16th
Rwanda rank
15th

Revenue Statistics in Africa - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues over time

  • Kenya
  • Rwanda
05101520199620102024

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 16.01 Percentage of GDP against 15.63 Percentage of GDP in Kenya, a difference of 0.38 Percentage of GDP.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 16th and Rwanda ranks 15th of 36 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Rwanda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Rwanda Difference Ahead
2000s 14.47 Percentage of GDP 11.03 Percentage of GDP 3.44 Percentage of GDP Kenya
2010s 16.76 Percentage of GDP 15.24 Percentage of GDP 1.52 Percentage of GDP Kenya
2020s 15.85 Percentage of GDP 16.47 Percentage of GDP 0.6116 Percentage of GDP Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher revenue statistics in africa - comparative tax and non-tax revenues, Kenya or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 16.01 Percentage of GDP against 15.63 Percentage of GDP in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in revenue statistics in africa - comparative tax and non-tax revenues between Kenya and Rwanda?
0.38 Percentage of GDP, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Rwanda?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Rwanda rank globally for revenue statistics in africa - comparative tax and non-tax revenues?
Kenya ranks 16th and Rwanda ranks 15th of 36 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Revenue Statistics in Africa - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Kenya vs Rwanda: Revenue Statistics in Africa - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/revenue-statistics-in-africa-comparative-tax-and-non-tax-revenues/kenya/rwanda/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/revenue-statistics-in-africa-comparative-tax-and-non-tax-revenues/kenya/rwanda/">Kenya vs Rwanda: Revenue Statistics in Africa - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Revenue Statistics in Africa - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
42 places, 998 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Internationally comparable tax and non-tax revenue data from Revenue Statistics in Africa countries presented as a percentage of GDP and as a share of total tax or non-tax revenue, as well as in national currency and US dollars. Tax revenues are harmonised according to the OECD classification of taxes. Related topics: Tax-to-GDP, Taxation, Tax structure, Tax mix, Regional average – change for each region, Domestic resource mobilisation, Public finance, Income tax, Social security contributions, Goods and services, Value added tax, VAT, Excise, Customs, Property tax, non-tax revenues, grants, royalties, fines, penalties, administrative fees, resource rents, sales of goods and services.