Eswatini vs High income: Tax revenue
Eswatini
24.3%
in 2021
High income
15.2%
in 2024
Eswatini rank
16th
High income rank
13th
Tax revenue over time
- Eswatini
- High income
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 24.3% against 15.2% in High income, a difference of 9.1%.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.6 times High income's.
Across all 22 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.
Eswatini ranks 16th and High income ranks 13th of 157 countries.
Eswatini has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | High income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.1% | 16.2% | 8.9% | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 23.4% | 15.5% | 7.8% | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 15.0% | 9.3% | Eswatini |
| 2020s | 25.7% | 15.4% | 10.3% | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tax revenue, Eswatini or High income?
- Eswatini, at 24.3% against 15.2% in High income as of 2021.
- What is the difference in tax revenue between Eswatini and High income?
- 9.1%, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and High income?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2021.
- How do Eswatini and High income rank globally for tax revenue?
- Eswatini ranks 16th and High income ranks 13th of 157 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.