Tax revenue in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Tax revenue was 3.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tax revenue in Ethiopia, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, tax revenue in Ethiopia stood at 3.4%. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is down 13.6% on the previous year and down 61.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Ethiopia peaked at 11.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 2024.
That places Ethiopia 152nd out of 157 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Tax revenue in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 8.4% | — |
| 1991 | 7.3% | -13.8% |
| 1992 | 5.5% | -24.8% |
| 1993 | 5.8% | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 7.5% | +29.9% |
| 1995 | 8.2% | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 8.7% | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 10.3% | +17.5% |
| 1998 | 11.0% | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 10.6% | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 8.1% | -23.9% |
| 2002 | 9.7% | +20.1% |
| 2003 | 9.1% | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 9.7% | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 8.7% | -9.9% |
| 2006 | 8.3% | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 7.8% | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 7.8% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6.6% | -15.8% |
| 2010 | 8.2% | +24.0% |
| 2011 | 9.2% | +12.8% |
| 2012 | 9.4% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 8.8% | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 8.8% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 8.4% | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 8.1% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 7.6% | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 7.5% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 6.7% | -11.4% |
| 2020 | 6.2% | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 5.3% | -14.1% |
| 2022 | 4.5% | -15.5% |
| 2023 | 3.9% | -12.6% |
| 2024 | 3.4% | -13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.3% | 5.5% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.4% | 6.6% | 9.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 8.3% | 6.7% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.7% | 3.4% | 6.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More public sector data for Ethiopia
- Arms imports 48.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.3635 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -95.56 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 48.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 6.98 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0062 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -34.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 921.66 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1.77 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue in Ethiopia?
- Tax revenue in Ethiopia was 3.4% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 11.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2024.
- How does Ethiopia rank for tax revenue?
- Ethiopia ranks 152nd out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.