Kenya vs Rwanda: Tax revenue

Kenya

2.11 trillion current LCU

in 2023

Rwanda

2.25 trillion current LCU

in 2023

Kenya rank

41st

Rwanda rank

40th

Tax revenue over time

Kenya
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 2.25 trillion current LCU against 2.11 trillion current LCU in Kenya, a difference of 131.69 billion current LCU.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Kenya ahead.

Globally, Kenya ranks 41st and Rwanda ranks 40th of 157 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Tax revenue (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 157 places, 4,711 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.