COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Senegal Tax Revenue
Senegal tax revenue: latest available value for 2023, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19,54 | 0,94 |
| 2022 | 18,59 | 1,04 |
| 2021 | 17,55 | 0,10 |
| 2020 | 17,45 | -0,97 |
| 2019 | 18,42 | 2,04 |
| 2018 | 16,38 | 0,45 |
| 2017 | 15,93 | -0,44 |
| 2016 | 16,37 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Source organization: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 07:20:36. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
26 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 19:35:13 | 2018 | 16,38 | 16,38 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 19:35:13 | 2019 | 18,42 | 18,42 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 19:35:13 | 2020 | 17,45 | 17,45 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 19:35:13 | 2021 | 17,55 | 17,55 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 19:35:13 | 2022 | 18,59 | 18,59 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 19:35:13 | 2023 | 19,54 | 19,54 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 04:12:00 | 2018 | 16,38 | 16,38 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 04:12:00 | 2019 | 18,42 | 18,42 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 04:12:00 | 2020 | 17,45 | 17,45 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 04:12:00 | 2021 | 17,55 | 17,55 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 04:12:00 | 2022 | 18,59 | 18,59 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 04:12:00 | 2023 | 19,54 | 19,54 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 05:14:08 | 2018 | 16,38 | 16,38 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 05:14:08 | 2019 | 18,42 | 18,42 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 05:14:08 | 2020 | 17,45 | 17,45 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 05:14:08 | 2021 | 17,55 | 17,55 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 05:14:08 | 2022 | 18,59 | 18,59 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 05:14:08 | 2023 | 19,54 | 19,54 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 07:37:13 | 2016 | 16,37 | 16,37 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 07:37:13 | 2017 | 15,93 | 15,93 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 07:37:13 | 2018 | 16,38 | 16,38 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 07:37:13 | 2019 | 18,42 | 18,42 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 07:37:13 | 2020 | 17,45 | 17,45 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 07:37:13 | 2021 | 17,55 | 17,55 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 07:37:13 | 2022 | 18,59 | 18,59 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 07:37:13 | 2023 | 19,54 | 19,54 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesSenegal recorded 19,54 percent of GDP in 2023, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2022, the tax revenue increased by 0,94.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 8 observations from 2016 to 2023, the average was 17,53; the minimum was 15,93 in 2017 and the maximum was 19,54 in 2023.
Senegal ranks 55 out of 161 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also above the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Tax capacity and public financing base.