Tax revenue in Burundi

Central government tax revenue in Burundi was equal to 12.7% of GDP in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest since 1997.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1991 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Burundi, 2021 12.7% % of GDP
Change from 2020 −0.4percentage points 2020: 13.1%
World, 2021 14.3% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Burundi over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2002 to 2024
Period BurundiWorld
2024 – 13.9%
2023 – 13.9%
2022 – 14.5%
2021 12.7% 14.3%
2020 13.1% 13.7%
2019 13.5% 13.8%
2018 – 13.9%
2017 13.8% 14.2%
2016 14.0% 13.9%
2015 14.5% 14.0%
2014 13.7% 14.0%
2013 13.5% 14.0%
2012 14.5% 13.8%
2011 15.5% 13.7%
2010 13.9% 13.3%
2009 – 13.1%
2008 – 14.3%
2007 – 14.8%
2006 – 14.5%
2005 – 14.1%
2004 – 14.5%
2003 – 14.4%
2002 – 14.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 13.1% in 2020.
  • Since 2010, when it was 13.9%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 14.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2021 for Burundi
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics