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Obstacles to progress

Realities

TAX REVENUE as a % of GDP 2017 (cont.)
%
OECD Average 34.2

Niger 13
Congo 12.5
Botswana 12.2

Madagascar 11.9
DRC 6.6

Eq Guinea 5.9
Nigeria 5.7

Source : OECD
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Internal obstacles to raising Tax revenue

“ Size of Informal Economy in African Countries

Less than 20 %
Mauritius, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland

Between 20% - 40%
Cabo Verde, Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Gabon, The Gambia, Uganda, Sierra Leon (Estimated)
Cameroon (Estimated, Malawi

Above 40%
Congo, Rep., Togo (Estimated), Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria (Estimated), Mali, Senegal (Estimated),,
Comoros, DRC (Estimated),, Zambia, Ghana, Guinea, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Central African
Republic, Angola, Côte D'Ivoire, Liberia, Madagascar, Equatorial Guinea, Niger (Estimated),,
Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Chad, Burundi (Estimated), “

Source: "The Informal Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Size and Determinants." 197
IMF Working Papers 17, no. 156 (2017)

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“ non-agricultural employment in the informal economy represents 66 percent of total
employment in sub-Saharan Africa and 52 percent in North Africa

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informal employment is the standard condition among most youth in Sub-Saharan Africa

where at least eight in ten young workers in all eight school-to-work transition survey (SWTS)
countries fall into the category of informal employment “

"Five Facts about Informal Economy in Africa." 198
International Labour Organisation

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