Report launch: Revenue Statistics in Africa: 1st Edition

What does revenue statistics in Africa tell us about domestic resource mobilisation in African countries and their financial state? How African revenue data collected is and what does it reveal about the state of administrative data in Africa?

These are some of the questions that the first edition of the report Revenue Statistics in Africa discusses.

A joint publication of the African Union Commission, the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration and the OECD Development Centre, Revenue Statistics in Africa presents detailed, internationally comparable data on both tax and non-tax revenues for eight African countries who participated in the research.

The report examines changes in the level of both tax and non-tax revenues as a percentage of GDP and the structure of these revenue streams between 1990 and 2014. It further contributes to the financial chapter of the African Charter on Statistics in rolling out the Strategy for the Harmonisation of Statistics in Africa. It also supports the first ten-year implementation plan (2014-2023) of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, which aims to “develop and implement frameworks for Policies on Revenue Statistics and Fiscal Inclusiveness for Africa.” At the global level, it will support the Sustainable Development Goals’ target 17.1 to “improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection” and target 17.19 to “support statistical capacity building in developing countries.”

To mark the official launch of the maiden report, this event brings together Ministers of Economy and Finance, tax officials and statisticians for discussing the collection of revenue data in African countries, and their harmonization with global classifications.

The event is open to all delegates. Time: 14:00-16:00, 3^rd April 2016, Venue: Large Briefing Room (LBR)

For more information, contact Levry Alix-Elodie, LevryA@africa-union.org