Tax revenue in Togo
Togo: Tax revenue was 13.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in Togo, 2004–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Togo recorded 13.9% for tax revenue in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Togo peaked at 13.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.1%, in 2005.
That places Togo 99th out of 157 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Tax revenue in Togo, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9.3% | — |
| 2005 | 9.1% | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 9.8% | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | +10.7% |
| 2008 | 10.3% | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 10.3% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 10.5% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 11.4% | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 11.4% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 12.1% | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 13.8% | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 13.9% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 13.1% | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 12.9% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 13.6% | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 12.7% | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 13.9% | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 13.4% | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 13.9% | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.0% | 9.1% | 10.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 10.5% | 13.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.5% | 12.7% | 13.9% | 4 |
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More public sector data for Togo
- Arms imports 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.2432 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -96.61 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 23.24 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0184 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -29.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 195.35 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 36.77 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue in Togo?
- Tax revenue in Togo was 13.9% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 13.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.1% in 2005.
- How does Togo rank for tax revenue?
- Togo ranks 99th out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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.