Current revenue, excluding grants (current LCU) by country

Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Data are in current local currency.

Countries reporting
51
Highest
65.09 trillion current LCU
Mozambique
Lowest
0 current LCU
Mali
Median
294.73 billion current LCU
Years covered
46
1966–2011
Data points
1,446

What the numbers show

Current revenue, excluding grants (current LCU) is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 65.09 trillion current LCU in Mozambique; the lowest is 0 current LCU in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 294.73 billion current LCU, and the mean is 2.90 trillion current LCU.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 5,271.4%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 100.0%).

Current revenue, excluding grants: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mozambique 65.09 trillion current LCU 2011 up 587.4% volatile
2 Zambia 19.52 trillion current LCU 2011 up 677.9% volatile
3 Nigeria 10.23 trillion current LCU 2011 up 354.9% volatile
4 Tanzania 5.74 trillion current LCU 2011 up 517.3% volatile
5 Guinea 5.66 trillion current LCU 2011 up 750.9% volatile
6 Uganda 5.11 trillion current LCU 2011 up 371.7% volatile
7 Angola 4.77 trillion current LCU 2011 up 5,271.4% volatile
8 Algeria 3.64 trillion current LCU 2011 up 341.1% volatile
9 Madagascar 3.38 trillion current LCU 2011 up 458.2% volatile
10 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.01 trillion current LCU 2011 up 3,193.3% volatile
11 Congo 2.97 trillion current LCU 2011 up 372.1% volatile
12 Cote d'Ivoire 2.46 trillion current LCU 2011 up 84.4% rising
13 Gabon 2.23 trillion current LCU 2011 up 89.9% volatile
14 Cameroon 2.10 trillion current LCU 2011 up 61.5% volatile
15 Equatorial Guinea 2.02 trillion current LCU 2010 up 1,129.8% volatile
16 Sierra Leone 1.59 trillion current LCU 2011 up 663.4% volatile
17 Senegal 1.40 trillion current LCU 2011 up 133.9% volatile
18 South Africa 904.25 billion current LCU 2008 up 202.0% volatile
19 Chad 882.40 billion current LCU 2010 up 1,000.2% volatile
20 Burkina Faso 793.58 billion current LCU 2011 up 248.1% volatile
21 Sao Tome and Principe 787.23 billion current LCU 2011 up 782.2% volatile
22 Kenya 702.69 billion current LCU 2011 up 269.9% volatile
23 Rwanda 541.68 billion current LCU 2011 up 532.8% volatile
24 Benin 392.80 billion current LCU 2005 up 164.2% volatile
25 Mauritania 299.89 billion current LCU 2011 up 415.8% volatile
26 Togo 294.73 billion current LCU 2011 up 104.6% rising
27 Egypt 289.16 billion current LCU 2011 up 297.3% volatile
28 Malawi 222.67 billion current LCU 2011 up 890.8% volatile
29 Morocco 208.89 billion current LCU 2011 up 119.0% volatile
30 Niger 186.90 billion current LCU 2005 up 175.5% rising
31 Burundi 168.41 billion current LCU 2005 up 281.8% volatile
32 Central African Republic 105.20 billion current LCU 2010 up 73.8% rising
33 Mauritius 67.42 billion current LCU 2011 up 184.1% volatile
34 Ethiopia 58.97 billion current LCU 2011 up 476.1% volatile
35 Djibouti 42.59 billion current LCU 2006 up 67.7% rising
36 Guinea-Bissau 40.30 billion current LCU 2011 up 55.3% volatile
37 Botswana 36.33 billion current LCU 2011 up 187.2% volatile
38 Comoros 28.87 billion current LCU 2010 up 162.1% volatile
39 Namibia 22.69 billion current LCU 2011 up 159.3% volatile
40 Sudan 19.06 billion current LCU 2009 up 827.5% volatile
41 Liberia 13.93 billion current LCU 2008 up 372.5% volatile
42 Tunisia 13.88 billion current LCU 2011 up 101.0% volatile
43 Ghana 13.55 billion current LCU 2010 up 614.2% volatile
44 Lesotho 7.82 billion current LCU 2011 up 184.6% volatile
45 Eswatini 7.76 billion current LCU 2011 up 165.9% volatile
46 Gambia 5.17 billion current LCU 2011 up 422.9% volatile
47 Eritrea 3.78 billion current LCU 2009 up 106.3% volatile
48 Seychelles 3.35 billion current LCU 2010 up 142.4% volatile
49 Zimbabwe 2.92 billion current LCU 2011 up 79.0% falling
50 Cape Verde 35,239 current LCU 2011 up 142.3% volatile
51 Mali 0 current LCU 2011 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Current revenue, excluding grants (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,446 data points, 1966–2011
Last refreshed

Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Data are in current local currency.