Revenue Statistics in Africa - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues by country
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...
What the numbers show
Revenue Statistics in Africa - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 33.99 Percentage of GDP in Tunisia; the lowest is 3.11 Percentage of GDP in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.85 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 16.2 Percentage of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 203.7%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 43.7%).
Revenue Statistics in Africa - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia | 33.99 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 2 | Namibia | 31.11 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10.93 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 3 | Seychelles | 30.95 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 18.69 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 4 | Morocco | 30.42 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 5 | South Africa | 26.52 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 6 | Lesotho | 22.67 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 7 | Mauritius | 20.36 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 19.55 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 19.5 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 10 | Mozambique | 19.34 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 11 | Senegal | 19.31 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 12 | Togo | 18.87 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 13 | Zambia | 17.24 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 14 | Eswatini | 17.18 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 15 | Rwanda | 16.01 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 16 | Kenya | 15.63 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 17 | Mauritania | 15.13 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 18 | Gabon | 15.12 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 19 | Ghana | 14.57 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 20 | Cameroon | 14.54 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 21 | Côte d’Ivoire | 13.86 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 22 | Botswana | 13.44 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 23 | Malawi | 13.19 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 24 | Egypt | 13 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 25 | Guinea | 12.79 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 26 | Uganda | 12.69 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 27 | Madagascar | 12.19 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 28 | Liberia | 11.75 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 29 | Congo | 11.55 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 30 | Gambia | 11.39 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 31 | Chad | 9.23 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 32 | Nigeria | 8.19 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 7.36 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 34 | Niger | 7.16 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 35 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.91 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 36 | Somalia | 3.11 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 203.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD average country 33.94 Percentage of GDP
- Latin America and the Caribbean 21.26 Percentage of GDP
- Asia and the Pacific 19.55 Percentage of GDP
- Africa 16.09 Percentage of GDP
About this data
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.