Tax revenue trends, 2010‑21

Achieving the African Union’s Agenda 2063, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and implementing the Addis Ababa Action Agenda require mobilising additional finance in general, and domestic resources in particular, to fund public goods and services. Taxation provides a predictable and sustainable source of government revenue, in contrast with the volatility of other important sources of public revenues, such as grants and mineral royalties. For African countries, where external debt and dependency on volatile resource revenues present notable economic challenges, enhancing domestic resource mobilisation is not just a fiscal strategy it is also a critical pathway to achieving self‑reliance, economic resilience and sustainable development, aligning specifically with the aspirations set out in Agenda 2063 for a self‑sufficient, integrated and prosperous Africa.