Tax revenue in Equatorial Guinea

Central government tax revenue in Equatorial Guinea was equal to 6.6% of GDP in 2022.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2006 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Equatorial Guinea, 2022 6.6% % of GDP
Change from 2021 +1.2percentage points 2021: 5.4%
World, 2022 14.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2022 115th of 118 See the full ranking

Tax revenue in Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial GuineaWorld
2024 – 13.9%
2023 – 13.9%
2022 6.6% 14.5%
2021 5.4% 14.3%
2020 8.0% 13.7%
2019 9.3% 13.8%
2018 6.2% 13.9%
2017 6.0% 14.2%
2016 6.4% 13.9%
2015 11.5% 14.0%
2014 8.3% 14.0%
2013 8.5% 14.0%
2012 8.7% 13.8%
2011 7.0% 13.7%
2010 7.6% 13.3%
2009 12.8% 13.1%
2008 7.8% 14.3%
2007 7.5% 14.8%
2006 9.7% 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 +1.2 percentage points from 5.4% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 8.7%, the figure has changed by −2.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 118 countries with data for 2022, Equatorial Guinea has the 115th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 14.5%.

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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
2006 to 2022 for Equatorial Guinea
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