Tax revenue in Ethiopia

Central government tax revenue in Ethiopia was equal to 3.4% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ethiopia, 2024 3.4% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.5percentage points 2023: 3.9%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Ethiopia 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), 2001 to 2024
Period EthiopiaWorld
2024 3.4% 13.9%
2023 3.9% 13.9%
2022 4.5% 14.5%
2021 5.3% 14.3%
2020 6.2% 13.7%
2019 6.7% 13.8%
2018 7.5% 13.9%
2017 7.6% 14.2%
2016 8.1% 13.9%
2015 8.4% 14.0%
2014 8.8% 14.0%
2013 8.8% 14.0%
2012 9.4% 13.8%
2011 9.2% 13.7%
2010 8.2% 13.3%
2009 6.6% 13.1%
2008 7.8% 14.3%
2007 7.8% 14.8%
2006 8.3% 14.5%
2005 8.7% 14.1%
2004 9.7% 14.5%
2003 9.1% 14.4%
2002 9.7% 14.6%
2001 8.1% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 3.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 8.8%, the figure has changed by −5.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 13.9%.

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
1990 to 2024 for Ethiopia
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