Tax revenue in Mozambique

Central government tax revenue in Mozambique was equal to 21.8% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2010 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2024 21.8% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.5percentage points 2023: 22.4%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Mozambique 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 MozambiqueWorld
2024 21.8% 13.9%
2023 22.4% 13.9%
2022 22.7% 14.5%
2021 22.7% 14.3%
2020 21.5% 13.7%
2019 26.7% 13.8%
2018 21.2% 13.9%
2017 22.1% 14.2%
2016 20.1% 13.9%
2015 20.0% 14.0%
2014 24.0% 14.0%
2013 21.5% 14.0%
2012 18.6% 13.8%
2011 16.8% 13.7%
2010 14.3% 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 −0.5 percentage points from 22.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 24.0%, the figure has changed by −2.1 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
2010 to 2024 for Mozambique
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