On page 188 of the M-POWER report (pdf format) there is a column about taxation in African countries:
Here it is in growing order for the ATSA countries:
Burkina Faso: 12% Cameroon: 20% Tanzania: 20% Senegal: 21% Kenya: 28% Nigeria: 28%
South Africa: 32% (corrected 52% except for snuff 0%) Zambia: 46% Eritrea: 47% (corrected to excise tax: 100% + sales tax: 12%) Malawi: 49% Ghana: 55% Mauritius: 69%
Complete list below (missing data for Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Namibia,)
Under 25%:
2% Benin
10% Angola
12% Burkina Faso
14% Liberia
15% Gambia 15% Mali 15% Togo
16% Central African Republic 16% Congo
18% Chad
19% Equatorial Guinea
20% Cameroon 20% Cape Verde 20% Sierra Leone 20% Swaziland 20% Tanzania
21% Senegal
Between 26 and 50%:
26% Mauritania
27% RDC
28% Kenya 28% Nigeria
29% Niger
30% Botswana 30% Gabon
32% Ethiopia 32% Guinea
34% Zimbabwe
35% Cote d'Ivoire
36% Mozambique
41% Burundi
46% Lesotho 46% Zambia
47% Eritrea corrected to excise tax: 100% + sales tax: 12%
47% Madagascar
49% Algeria
49% Malawi
50% Rwanda
Between 51 and 75%
52% South Africa
52% Sao Tome
55% Ghana
56% Uganda
69% Mauritius
71% Comoros
Above: 75%
79% Seychelles
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