Tax revenue in Senegal
Senegal: Tax revenue was 19.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in Senegal, 2015–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenue in Senegal is 19.5%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and up 23.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Senegal peaked at 19.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15.8%, in 2015.
That places Senegal 55th out of 157 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Tax revenue in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15.8% | — |
| 2016 | 16.4% | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 15.9% | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 16.4% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 18.4% | +12.5% |
| 2020 | 17.4% | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 17.6% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 18.6% | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 19.5% | +5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16.6% | 15.8% | 18.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 18.3% | 17.4% | 19.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More public sector data for Senegal
- Arms imports 77.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 4.16 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -55.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 77.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 27.83 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.016 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 14.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 514.94 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 893.37 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue in Senegal?
- Tax revenue in Senegal was 19.5% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 19.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.8% in 2015.
- How does Senegal rank for tax revenue?
- Senegal ranks 55th out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.