Eswatini vs World: Tax revenue
Eswatini
24.3%
in 2021
World
13.8%
in 2024
Eswatini rank
16th
World rank
18th
Tax revenue over time
- Eswatini
- World
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 24.3% against 13.8% in World, a difference of 10.5%.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.8 times World's.
Across all 20 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.
Eswatini ranks 16th and World ranks 18th of 157 countries.
Eswatini has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.1% | 16.1% | 8.9% | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 24.6% | 14.3% | 10.4% | Eswatini |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 13.8% | 10.4% | Eswatini |
| 2020s | 25.7% | 14.0% | 11.7% | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tax revenue, Eswatini or World?
- Eswatini, at 24.3% against 13.8% in World as of 2021.
- What is the difference in tax revenue between Eswatini and World?
- 10.5%, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and World?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2021.
- How do Eswatini and World rank globally for tax revenue?
- Eswatini ranks 16th and World ranks 18th 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.