Economy · Tax revenue · Mozambique
Mozambique’s tax revenue fell to 21.8% of GDP in 2024.
21.8% of GDP
2024
Down 0.51 pp from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
21.8% of GDP
What it is. Tax revenue shows how much of the economy's yearly output reaches the central government as taxes. It divides the taxes the central government collects by GDP, which makes years comparable even as prices and the size of the economy change. Taxes raised by local authorities and non-tax income fall outside the definition.
Higher is better. A higher share gives the state more of its own money to pay for services, infrastructure and debt without extra borrowing, so higher is better. The latest figure, for 2024, is 21.8% of GDP, down from 22.4% of GDP a year earlier, a fall of 0.51 percentage points. Since 2015 the series has ranged from a low of 20% of GDP in 2015 to a high of 26.7% of GDP in 2019. The 2024 reading sits in the lower part of that range.
Why it matters. At 21.8% of GDP, Mozambique's central government collects well under the 26.7% of GDP it reached in 2019. That leaves less domestic money for health, schools, roads and interest payments. Households and firms feel it when the state has to choose between those needs or turn to borrowing and donors to cover them.
| Period | Tax revenue · Mozambique |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 20% of GDP |
| 2016 | 20.1% of GDP |
| 2017 | 22.1% of GDP |
| 2018 | 21.2% of GDP |
| 2019 | 26.7% of GDP |
| 2020 | 21.5% of GDP |
| 2021 | 22.7% of GDP |
| 2022 | 22.7% of GDP |
| 2023 | 22.4% of GDP |
| 2024 | 21.8% of GDP |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Tax revenue, Mozambique, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/tax-revenue/mozambique
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Central government tax revenue as a share of GDP. Unit: % of GDP.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.