Tax revenue data in Africa: the Government Revenue Dataset and African Tax Outlook in comparison

Frankie Mbuyamba and Kyle McNabb

No wp-2024-13, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper compares two important sources of tax revenue statistics for African countries, namely the Africa Tax Administration Forum's African Tax Outlook and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research's Government Revenue Dataset. We consider the background, construction, sources, and user bases of each dataset before comparing the scope and attempting to understand where commonalities and differences lie. The bulk of the paper focuses on a quantitative comparison of ten key variables across the two datasets.

Keywords: Data; Development; Tax revenue; Revenue; Statistics; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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