Tax revenue in Cabo Verde

Central government tax revenue in Cabo Verde was equal to 18.4% of GDP in 2020.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2005 to 2020 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Cabo Verde is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Cabo Verde, 2020 18.4% % of GDP
Change from 2019 +0.2percentage points 2019: 18.2%
World, 2020 13.7% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Cabo Verde 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 Cabo VerdeWorld
2024 – 13.9%
2023 – 13.9%
2022 – 14.5%
2021 – 14.3%
2020 18.4% 13.7%
2019 18.2% 13.8%
2018 18.9% 13.9%
2017 17.8% 14.2%
2016 16.7% 13.9%
2015 17.1% 14.0%
2014 15.5% 14.0%
2013 16.3% 14.0%
2012 16.3% 13.8%
2011 18.0% 13.7%
2010 16.8% 13.3%
2009 16.9% 13.1%
2008 19.4% 14.3%
2007 19.2% 14.8%
2006 22.7% 14.5%
2005 21.1% 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 +0.2 percentage points from 18.2% in 2019.
  • Since 2010, when it was 16.8%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 was 13.7%.

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
2005 to 2020 for Cabo Verde
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