Tax revenue in Gabon

Central government tax revenue in Gabon was equal to 9.5% of GDP in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2012.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2012 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Gabon, 2021 9.5% % of GDP
Change from 2020 −2.9percentage points 2020: 12.4%
World, 2021 14.3% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Gabon 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 GabonWorld
2024 – 13.9%
2023 – 13.9%
2022 – 14.5%
2021 9.5% 14.3%
2020 12.4% 13.7%
2019 11.5% 13.8%
2018 10.2% 13.9%
2017 11.1% 14.2%
2016 11.5% 13.9%
2015 12.8% 14.0%
2014 15.1% 14.0%
2013 16.1% 14.0%
2012 14.1% 13.8%
2011 – 13.7%
2010 – 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 −2.9 percentage points from 12.4% in 2020.
  • Since 2012, when it was 14.1%, the figure has changed by −4.6 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
2012 to 2021 for Gabon
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