Economy · Tax-to-GDP ratio (total tax revenue) · Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde’s tax-to-GDP ratio (total tax revenue) rose to 18.7% of GDP in 2023.
18.7% of GDP
2023
Up 0.65 pp from 2022.
Updated 20 Oct 2026
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18.7% of GDP
What it is. Total tax revenue of general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a share of GDP, on the OECD classification of taxes. Wider than the World Bank central-government tax revenue indicator.
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| Period | Tax-to-GDP ratio (total tax revenue) · Cabo Verde |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 15.9% of GDP |
| 2015 | 17.6% of GDP |
| 2016 | 17.5% of GDP |
| 2017 | 18.2% of GDP |
| 2018 | 19.6% of GDP |
| 2019 | 18.7% of GDP |
| 2020 | 18.7% of GDP |
| 2021 | 17.1% of GDP |
| 2022 | 18% of GDP |
| 2023 | 18.7% of GDP |
Source: OECD/AUC/ATAF (2025), Revenue Statistics in Africa 2025, DOI 10.1787/8d3bf3af-en · Licence: OECD terms for Data: extract, download, copy, adapt, print, distribute, share and embed for any purpose, including commercial use, with credit to the OECD using the associated citation; the acknowledgment requirement passes to any sub-licence. Publication licence: Creative Commons Attribution IGO. Confirmed by the owner, 20 Oct 2026 (T-057)
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Strata-AF™ Data, Tax-to-GDP ratio (total tax revenue), Cabo Verde, 2023; source OECD/AUC/ATAF (2025), Revenue Statistics in Africa 2025, DOI 10.1787/8d3bf3af-en, retrieved 19 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/tax-to-gdp-total/cabo-verde
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Total tax revenue of general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a share of GDP, on the OECD classification of taxes. Wider than the World Bank central-government tax revenue indicator.
Total tax revenue of general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a share of GDP, on the OECD classification of taxes. Unit: % of GDP. This is wider than the World Bank's central-government tax revenue indicator, so the two should not be compared directly. How far sub-national government is covered varies by country; the OECD country notes say what each country includes.
Source: OECD/AUC/ATAF (2025), Revenue Statistics in Africa 2025 (DOI 10.1787/8d3bf3af-en), used under the OECD terms for Data with credit to the OECD. Covers 38 African countries, 1990 to 2023 where available. Updated about once a year, with a lag of about two years; each edition is a snapshot and later revisions appear in the OECD dataset.