Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Economy > Taxes and other revenues

DEFINITION: This entry records total taxes and other revenues received by the national government during the time period indicated, expressed as a percent of GDP. Taxes include personal and corporate income taxes, value added taxes, excise taxes, and tariffs. Other revenues include social contributions - such as payments for social security and hospital insurance - grants, and net revenues from public enterprises. Normalizing the data, by dividing total revenues by GDP, enables easy comparisons across countries, and provides an average rate at which all income (GDP) is paid to the national level government for the supply of public goods and services.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Lesotho	68.3% of GDP	2012
2	Angola	45.1% of GDP	2012
3	Seychelles	43.1% of GDP	2012
4	Mauritania	40.2% of GDP	2012
5	Swaziland	39.2% of GDP	2012
6	Botswana	38.7% of GDP	2012
7	Equatorial Guinea	36.8% of GDP	2012
8	Namibia	35.1% of GDP	2012
9	Djibouti	34.9% of GDP	2012
10	Sao Tome and Principe	34.1% of GDP	2012
11	Burundi	32.3% of GDP	2012
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	30% of GDP	2012
13	Mozambique	29.3% of GDP	2012
14	Comoros	28% of GDP	2012
15	Gabon	27.5% of GDP	2012
16	Eritrea	26.4% of GDP	2012
17	South Africa	26.3% of GDP	2012
18	Niger	26.2% of GDP	2012
19	The Gambia	25.8% of GDP	2012
20	Malawi	25.1% of GDP	2012
21	Rwanda	24.3% of GDP	2012
22	Senegal	23.5% of GDP	2012
=23	Guinea	23.3% of GDP	2012
=23	Ghana	23.3% of GDP	2012
25	Burkina Faso	23% of GDP	2012
26	Cape Verde	22.7% of GDP	2012
27	Liberia	22.3% of GDP	2012
28	Mauritius	21.7% of GDP	2012
29	Chad	21.6% of GDP	2012
30	Cote d'Ivoire	21.1% of GDP	2012
=31	Benin	20.9% of GDP	2012
=31	Zambia	20.9% of GDP	2012
33	Togo	20.3% of GDP	2012
34	Tanzania	20% of GDP	2012
35	Cameroon	19.3% of GDP	2012
36	Kenya	18.5% of GDP	2012
37	Mali	17.9% of GDP	2012
38	Madagascar	17.6% of GDP	2012
=39	Central African Republic	15.9% of GDP	2012
=39	Guinea-Bissau	15.9% of GDP	2012
41	Sierra Leone	15.4% of GDP	2012
42	Ethiopia	15.2% of GDP	2012
43	Uganda	14.8% of GDP	2012
44	Nigeria	8.4% of GDP	2012
45	Sudan	6.6% of GDP	2012

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