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10,185 observations from the ATAF Databank, pulled 14 October 2026. Take a card, or explore any indicator below. Please cite the source as ATAF asks: "ATAF Databank, the African Tax Administration Forum."

Cat. 001csvFull ATAF dataset, long format (CSV)One row per country, year and indicator, with names, regions, units and the source on every row.Take this card ↓
Cat. 002jsonFull ATAF dataset (JSON)The same rows, with the citation and pull date.Take this card ↓
Cat. 003csvDerived ratios (CSV)Every ratio this site computes, for every country and year it can be computed.Take this card ↓
Cat. 004csvCountry list (CSV)ISO codes, ATAF names, African Union regions, EAC membership and World Bank income groups.Take this card ↓
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Filed 2026-10-14 15:14 UTC

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Every country, every year

Tax revenue, % of GDP

Darker cells are higher values (colour scale clipped at the 5th and 95th percentiles so a single outlier cannot wash out the rest). Blank cells are years a country did not report. Countries are ordered by their most recent value. Unit: % of GDP.

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Country	ISO3	AU region	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Namibia	NAM	Southern Africa	15.90	16.60	16.36	17.03	17.34	20.09	21.05	21.09	31.93	41.35	33.39	31.95	26.44	26.21	31.47	32.83
Lesotho	LSO	Southern Africa		15.55	16.50	15.43	15.03	15.87	16.35	15.89	15.72	18.41	23.28	15.74	20.76	20.06	21.30	27.25
Seychelles	SYC	Eastern Africa	28.28	30.95	28.31	26.85	27.77	26.27	28.53	30.12	30.52	34.12	28.48	27.89	24.43	24.58	24.37	26.88
Morocco	MAR	Northern Africa						20.30	20.71	20.79	21.08	20.68	20.57	20.78	23.26	21.58	23.58	25.33
South Africa	ZAF	Southern Africa	21.07	21.59	21.90	22.40	22.81	23.48	23.78	23.68	23.69	23.79	23.79	22.29	24.77	24.94	24.55	25.08
Mozambique	MOZ	Southern Africa	15.30	17.11	18.70	21.58	24.78	21.79	21.04	17.96	19.79	18.67	20.05	19.80	19.82	20.64	23.24	23.47
Zambia	ZMB	Southern Africa	14.21	14.84	16.14	16.00	16.58	16.28	14.38	15.83	17.36	17.80	16.20	19.59	18.21	21.25	18.02	22.14
Cabo Verde	CPV	Western Africa	18.59	19.74	17.89	17.94	17.06	18.93	18.88	20.29	21.26	20.83	19.27	18.49	18.64	18.82	19.69	21.91
Mauritius	MUS	Eastern Africa	16.08	16.09	16.59	16.64	16.38	16.61	17.43	17.43	18.07	17.79	19.68	18.38	20.42	20.97	19.98	21.74
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	Western Africa												11.89	19.65
Senegal	SEN	Western Africa	18.65	18.97	18.62	18.33	19.28	19.84	15.93	14.75	14.66	17.44	16.90	16.92	18.12	19.50	17.86
Eswatini	SWZ	Southern Africa	10.32	11.21	10.96	10.02	12.06	12.32	12.52	14.20	14.78	15.13	15.39	15.16	15.67	14.99	16.37	16.87
Malawi	MWI	Southern Africa		14.55	13.28	13.99	15.31	14.49	14.57	16.23	16.83	16.60	11.78	11.90	9.42	17.92	19.82	16.83
Togo	TGO	Western Africa	15.70	16.44	16.47	19.54	20.67	21.35	21.79	15.17	14.56	14.77	14.93	16.52	16.98	17.67	18.01	16.54
Benin	BEN	Western Africa		10.80	10.53	11.32	11.22	11.17	9.78	9.91	11.29	10.97	10.83	11.12	13.45	14.18	14.36	15.46
Mali	MLI	Western Africa	14.66	13.83	13.61	13.93	14.29	15.25	14.28	17.04	9.78	9.17	15.15
Mauritania	MRT	Northern Africa										13.02	12.01	13.86	14.39	13.08	14.41	14.73
Burkina Faso	BFA	Western Africa	12.22	13.35	15.07	16.01	14.23	14.34	14.53	16.22	14.59	15.31	15.16	14.83	17.62	17.64	14.58
Rwanda	RWA	Eastern Africa	11.55	12.53	13.08	13.69	14.70	15.15	15.61	15.25	15.62	16.28	15.69	15.91	15.76	15.06	14.63	14.18
Zimbabwe	ZWE	Southern Africa	25.36	28.06	27.48												12.44	13.83
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	Western Africa	7.90	7.94	16.70	16.23	15.37	15.73	15.95	16.19	15.86	11.89	11.05	12.46	11.86	12.41	12.71	13.81
Kenya	KEN	Eastern Africa	16.54	17.35	16.75	16.84	18.16	17.46	16.97	16.87	15.72	15.12	14.28	13.56	14.79	13.41	14.28	13.68
Ghana	GHA	Western Africa		15.89	17.39	11.26	11.87	12.51	12.83	12.93	13.32	13.67	12.22	13.72	13.99	14.78	14.31	13.59
Tanzania	TZA	Eastern Africa	10.84	10.99	11.45	11.75	12.54	11.70	12.97	13.25	12.57	12.09	12.63	11.70	12.24	12.64	13.18	13.51
Cameroon	CMR	Central Africa	11.16	11.90	12.53	13.05	13.56	13.91	13.60	13.61	13.81	13.46	12.20	12.40	13.12	14.43	14.00	13.24
Liberia	LBR	Western Africa	16.84	18.58	21.39	22.22	19.47	18.55	18.52	17.18	11.24	12.50	13.22	13.95	12.53	12.04	12.13	13.18
Uganda	UGA	Eastern Africa	10.62	9.71	9.94	10.93	11.01	12.58	13.26	11.56	11.62	12.77	11.50	11.94	12.59	11.30	12.62	13.10
Burundi	BDI	Central Africa	13.38	15.56	14.65	13.72	13.67	12.33	12.32	12.11	13.60	13.70	14.21	14.75	15.60	14.58	14.01	12.81
Botswana	BWA	Southern Africa		13.12	14.36	12.83	13.35	15.08	11.58	13.62	12.98	12.45	13.32	12.99	15.36	13.80	13.06	12.66
Nigeria	NGA	Western Africa	6.79	9.09	8.75	7.65	6.29	5.14	4.70	5.08	5.81	3.77	3.27	4.62	7.52	8.26	10.47	12.03
Chad	TCD	Central Africa								7.15	8.52	7.66	14.71	11.31	14.18	12.39	5.04	10.90
Gambia	GMB	Western Africa	14.47	15.71	16.21	10.54	11.88	12.79	12.40	11.43	10.89	11.77	10.71	11.57	10.05	10.55	12.31	10.38
Madagascar	MDG	Eastern Africa	8.54	8.71	8.37	8.78	10.31	8.95	9.19	9.97	10.27	10.36	9.19	10.42	10.82	10.76	10.46	10.23
Gabon	GAB	Central Africa								9.21	8.93	11.42	10.92	9.50	12.28	15.13	18.06	10.11
Niger	NER	Western Africa		16.62	10.03	11.55	11.97	12.50	13.48	13.00	15.46	14.46	9.86	10.44	10.78	10.10	7.11	9.27
Sierra Leone	SLE	Western Africa	8.50	8.97	11.95	8.74	8.29	9.45	10.29	10.19	10.77	12.09	10.30	6.94	5.56	5.75	8.00	8.66
Democratic Republic of Congo	COD	Central Africa	8.33	8.87	10.12	11.14	10.93	10.97	9.44	6.58	7.37	7.35	6.30	8.15	12.25	10.21	9.81	8.49
Congo	COG	Central Africa										5.51	7.67	6.68	6.89	7.39	7.61
Central African Republic	CAF	Central Africa									8.24	7.40	5.84	7.99	6.91	5.91	6.41
Angola	AGO	Southern Africa		7.87	6.53	7.33	8.61	8.84	7.87	6.33	6.17	6.58	9.41	8.09	8.45	8.15	5.12	5.63
South Sudan	SSD	Eastern Africa												4.38	4.45
Sudan	SDN	Eastern Africa												2.83
Egypt	EGY	Northern Africa
Guinea	GIN	Western Africa

One year

Tax revenue, % of GDP, 2024: 38 of 44 members reporting

Sort by

Country	AU region	Income group	Value
Namibia	Southern Africa	Lower middle income	31.5%
South Africa	Southern Africa	Upper middle income	24.5%
Seychelles	Eastern Africa	High income	24.4%
Morocco	Northern Africa	Lower middle income	23.6%
Mozambique	Southern Africa	Low income	23.2%
Lesotho	Southern Africa	Lower middle income	21.3%
Mauritius	Eastern Africa	Upper middle income	20.0%
Malawi	Southern Africa	Low income	19.8%
Cabo Verde	Western Africa	Upper middle income	19.7%
Gabon	Central Africa	Upper middle income	18.1%
Zambia	Southern Africa	Lower middle income	18.0%
Togo	Western Africa	Lower middle income	18.0%
Senegal	Western Africa	Lower middle income	17.9%
Eswatini	Southern Africa	Lower middle income	16.4%
Rwanda	Eastern Africa	Low income	14.6%
Burkina Faso	Western Africa	Low income	14.6%
Mauritania	Northern Africa	Lower middle income	14.4%
Benin	Western Africa	Lower middle income	14.4%
Ghana	Western Africa	Lower middle income	14.3%
Kenya	Eastern Africa	Lower middle income	14.3%
Burundi	Central Africa	Low income	14.0%
Cameroon	Central Africa	Lower middle income	14.0%
Tanzania	Eastern Africa	Lower middle income	13.2%
Botswana	Southern Africa	Upper middle income	13.1%
Côte d'Ivoire	Western Africa	Lower middle income	12.7%
Uganda	Eastern Africa	Low income	12.6%
Zimbabwe	Southern Africa	Lower middle income	12.4%
Gambia	Western Africa	Low income	12.3%
Liberia	Western Africa	Low income	12.1%
Nigeria	Western Africa	Lower middle income	10.5%
Madagascar	Eastern Africa	Low income	10.5%
Democratic Republic of Congo	Central Africa	Low income	9.8%
Sierra Leone	Western Africa	Low income	8.0%
Congo	Central Africa	Lower middle income	7.6%
Niger	Western Africa	Low income	7.1%
Central African Republic	Central Africa	Low income	6.4%
Angola	Southern Africa	Lower middle income	5.1%
Chad	Central Africa	Low income	5.0%
Egypt	Northern Africa	Lower middle income	not reported
Guinea	Western Africa	Lower middle income	not reported
Guinea-Bissau	Western Africa	Low income	not reported
Mali	Western Africa	Low income	not reported
South Sudan	Eastern Africa	Low income	not reported
Sudan	Eastern Africa	Low income	not reported