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African Tax Observatory

An atlas of tax for forty-four administrations, 2010 to 2025

The wire

The Databank, as it stands today

Every six hours this page asks the ATAF Databank for every free indicator, for every member and year, and prints what comes back against the copy stored with the atlas. If ATAF does not answer, the printout says so and the stored copy stands in, never a blank or an estimate.

African Tax Observatory · wireATAF Databank / World Bank WDI

  1. 14 OCT 15:14 UTC ATAF DATABANK: No answer (export_table not found in ATAF response; the page layout may have changed). Printing the stored snapshot of 14 October 2026.
  2. 14 OCT 15:14 UTC WORLD BANK WDI: Connected. World 13.9% (2024) · OECD members 15.7% (2024) · Africa Eastern and Southern 18.2% (2024).
  3. 14 OCT 15:14 UTC CHANGES: Not checked: the live fetch did not complete.
  4. 14 OCT 15:14 UTC YEAR 2024: 38 of 44 members reporting tax and GDP. Median tax-to-GDP 14.3%.
  5. 14 OCT 15:14 UTC HIGHEST: Namibia 31.5% · South Africa 24.5% · Seychelles 24.4%.
  6. 14 OCT 15:14 UTC LOWEST: Chad 5.0% · Angola 5.1% · Central African Republic 6.4%.
  7. 14 OCT 15:14 UTC UGANDA: 12.6% of GDP, 26 of 38.
  8. 14 OCT 15:14 UTC NEXT CHECK: After 14 OCT 21:14 UTC, when the next reader arrives.

10,185

Observations

country-year-indicator values in this fetch

38 of 44

Members reporting, 2024

with both tax revenue and GDP

14.3%

Median tax-to-GDP, 2024

across reporting members

n/a

Changed since the snapshot

available when the live fetch succeeds

Plate I·Fifteen years, re-ranked

The race, from 2010

Animated, 2010 onwards

The ranking, year by year

2010
1. Seychelles28.3%
2. Zimbabwe25.4%
3. South Africa21.1%
4. Senegal18.7%
5. Cabo Verde18.6%
6. Liberia16.8%
7. Kenya16.5%
8. Mauritius16.1%
9. Namibia15.9%
10. Togo15.7%
11. Mozambique15.3%
12. Mali14.7%
13. Gambia14.5%
14. Zambia14.2%
15. Burundi13.4%
20. Uganda10.6%

In 2010, the top three were Seychelles at 28.3%, Zimbabwe at 25.4%, South Africa at 21.1%; Uganda ranked 20 of 26.

Eastern AfricaCentral AfricaNorthern AfricaSouthern AfricaWestern AfricaUganda
The top 15 members by tax revenue as a share of GDP, re-ranked continuously; Uganda is always shown, below a gap if it is outside the top 15. Between published years the bars move in a straight line from one year's value to the next; where a country skipped a year in the middle of its record, its last value is held until the next report; a country is absent before its first and after its last report. The table shows the real gaps.
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Country201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Angola7.876.537.338.618.847.876.336.176.589.418.098.458.155.12
Benin10.8010.5311.3211.2211.179.789.9111.2910.9710.8311.1213.4514.1814.36
Botswana13.1214.3612.8313.3515.0811.5813.6212.9812.4513.3212.9915.3613.8013.06
Burkina Faso12.2213.3515.0716.0114.2314.3414.5316.2214.5915.3115.1614.8317.6217.6414.58
Burundi13.3815.5614.6513.7213.6712.3312.3212.1113.6013.7014.2114.7515.6014.5814.01
Cabo Verde18.5919.7417.8917.9417.0618.9318.8820.2921.2620.8319.2718.4918.6418.8219.69
Cameroon11.1611.9012.5313.0513.5613.9113.6013.6113.8113.4612.2012.4013.1214.4314.00
Central African Republic8.247.405.847.996.915.916.40
Chad7.158.527.6614.7111.3114.1812.395.04
Congo5.517.676.686.897.397.61
Côte d'Ivoire7.907.9416.7016.2315.3715.7315.9516.1915.8611.8911.0512.4611.8612.4112.71
Democratic Republic of Congo8.338.8710.1211.1410.9310.979.446.587.377.356.308.1512.2510.219.81
Egypt
Eswatini10.3211.2110.9610.0212.0612.3212.5214.2014.7815.1315.3915.1615.6714.9916.37
Gabon9.218.9311.4210.929.5012.2815.1318.06
Gambia14.4715.7116.2110.5411.8812.7912.4011.4310.8911.7710.7111.5710.0510.5512.31
Ghana15.8917.3911.2611.8712.5112.8312.9313.3213.6712.2213.7213.9914.7814.31
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau11.8919.65
Kenya16.5417.3516.7516.8418.1617.4616.9716.8715.7215.1214.2813.5614.7913.4114.28
Lesotho15.5516.5015.4315.0315.8716.3515.8915.7218.4123.2815.7420.7620.0621.30
Liberia16.8418.5821.3922.2219.4718.5518.5217.1811.2412.5013.2213.9512.5312.0412.13
Madagascar8.548.718.378.7810.318.959.199.9710.2710.369.1910.4210.8210.7610.46
Malawi14.5513.2813.9915.3114.4914.5716.2316.8316.6011.7811.909.4217.9219.82
Mali14.6613.8313.6113.9314.2915.2514.2817.049.789.1715.15
Mauritania13.0212.0113.8614.3913.0814.41
Mauritius16.0816.0916.5916.6416.3816.6117.4317.4318.0717.7919.6818.3820.4220.9719.98
Morocco20.3020.7120.7921.0820.6820.5720.7823.2621.5823.58
Mozambique15.3017.1118.7021.5824.7821.7921.0417.9619.7918.6720.0519.8019.8220.6423.24
Namibia15.9016.6016.3617.0317.3420.0921.0521.0931.9241.3533.3931.9526.4426.2131.47
Niger16.6210.0311.5511.9712.5013.4813.0015.4614.469.8610.4410.7810.107.11
Nigeria6.799.098.757.656.295.144.705.085.813.773.274.627.528.2610.47
Rwanda11.5512.5313.0813.6914.7015.1515.6115.2515.6216.2815.6915.9115.7615.0614.63
Senegal18.6518.9718.6218.3319.2819.8415.9214.7514.6617.4416.9016.9218.1219.5017.86
Seychelles28.2830.9528.3126.8527.7726.2728.5330.1230.5234.1228.4827.8924.4324.5824.37
Sierra Leone8.508.9711.958.748.299.4510.2910.1810.7712.0910.306.945.565.758.00
South Africa21.0721.5921.9022.4022.8123.4823.7823.6823.6923.7923.7922.2924.7724.9424.55
South Sudan4.384.45
Sudan2.83
Tanzania10.8410.9911.4511.7512.5411.7012.9713.2512.5712.0912.6311.7012.2412.6413.18
Togo15.7016.4416.4719.5420.6721.3521.7915.1714.5614.7714.9316.5216.9817.6718.01
Uganda10.629.719.9410.9311.0112.5813.2611.5611.6212.7711.5011.9412.5911.3012.62
Zambia14.2114.8416.1416.0016.5816.2814.3815.8317.3617.8016.2019.5918.2121.2518.02
Zimbabwe25.3628.0627.4812.44

Plate II·Against the world

On the same basis as revenue authorities

Against the world, on the same basis

Tax revenue as a share of GDP, side by side

ATAF median, 2024
Uganda, 2024
World, 2024
OECD members, 2024
Africa Eastern and Southern, 2024
Bullet bars over a shaded scale (under 10%, 10 to 15%, 15 to 20%, 20% and over). Benchmarks are the World Bank's central-government tax revenue, % of GDP (GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS), the comparator built on the same basis as revenue-authority collections; each shows its own latest year.
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Series% of GDP
ATAF median, 202414.30
Uganda, 202412.62
World, 202413.86
OECD members, 202415.72
Africa Eastern and Southern, 202418.23

Plate III·How complete it is

Who reported, year by year

How complete the data is

Members reporting tax and GDP, by year

1011121314151617181920212223242538reporting in 2024
Each bar is a year, its length the number of ATAF members with both total tax revenue and GDP for that year. Recent years fill in as administrations report, which is why the most recent bar is usually shorter; a live fetch picks those additions up.
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YearMembers reportingATAF members
20102644
20113344
20123344
20133244
20143244
20153344
20163344
20173544
20183644
20193844
20203844
20214044
20223944
20233744
20243844
20253444