Tax revenue in Samoa

Central government tax revenue in Samoa was equal to 24.0% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2012 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Samoa, 2023 24.0% % of GDP
Change from 2022 −0.1percentage points 2022: 24.0%
World, 2023 13.9% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Samoa 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 SamoaWorld
2024 – 13.9%
2023 24.0% 13.9%
2022 24.0% 14.5%
2021 24.6% 14.3%
2020 24.4% 13.7%
2019 24.4% 13.8%
2018 23.9% 13.9%
2017 23.5% 14.2%
2016 23.0% 13.9%
2015 22.5% 14.0%
2014 23.7% 14.0%
2013 22.7% 14.0%
2012 20.5% 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 −0.1 percentage points from 24.0% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 22.7%, the figure has changed by +1.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 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
2012 to 2023 for Samoa
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