This dashboard is a practical tool for tax analysis, tax policy design and monitoring progress in domestic resource mobilisation. It draws on key indicators from the global and regional Revenue Statistics databases for Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and the OECD.
These databases contain high-quality, harmonised and detailed data on tax and non-tax revenues across a wide range of economies worldwide.
By enabling cross-regional comparisons of tax and non-tax levels, composition and trends over time, the dashboard sheds light on how different economies raise tax and non-tax revenues and how their level and structure have evolved.
The following charts draw on key indicators from the Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean, enabling comparisons across LAC countries and regional averages regarding the level, composition and trends in tax revenues over time.
How to use: Use the search boxes throughout the page to select countries/regional averages, revenue types and year(s).
Tax revenues as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) vary across LAC. Over the past decade, the average tax-to-GDP ratio in the region has increased. It stands above the averages for Africa and Asia and the Pacific, but remains below that of OECD countries.
Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean supports the analysis and comparison of tax revenues over time. It provides a comprehensive view of how tax levels have evolved across LAC countries, how they compare at a given point in time, and how different sources of taxation contribute to overall revenue.
Tax structures show the composition of tax revenues across different tax types. Taxes on goods and services tend to be the main source of tax revenue in most LAC countries, a pattern also commonly observed in Africa and in Asia and the Pacific.
Examining both cross-country patterns and changes over time provides important insights into how tax systems in LAC are designed, how they have evolved and the extent to which they support countries’ revenue needs and policy priorities.
Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean provides detailed information on 63 tax types across all levels of government (general, sub-national and social security funds). This level of detail enables in-depth analysis of revenues across a wide range of policy, sectoral and thematic areas.
One example is trade taxes – including customs and import duties, export taxes, and other taxes on international trade and transactions – which are a significant source of tax revenues in some LAC countries, albeit to a lesser extent than in African countries.
