Taxes on goods and services in Cameroon
Cameroon: Taxes on goods and services was 43.3% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Taxes on goods and services in Cameroon, 1990–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taxes on goods and services in Cameroon is 43.3%, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 44.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Cameroon peaked at 43.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 17.5%, in 1992.
That places Cameroon 28th out of 156 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 22.2% | — |
| 1991 | 19.1% | -14.2% |
| 1992 | 17.5% | -8.2% |
| 1993 | 20.7% | +18.0% |
| 1994 | 23.9% | +15.8% |
| 1995 | 25.8% | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 21.8% | -15.6% |
| 1999 | 26.6% | +22.4% |
| 2012 | 29.9% | +12.3% |
| 2013 | 32.6% | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 33.5% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 34.6% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 38.6% | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 41.1% | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 42.7% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 41.8% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 42.3% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 43.3% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.2% | 17.5% | 26.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 36.8% | 29.9% | 42.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 42.8% | 42.3% | 43.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 25 Uganda 44.0% compare
- 26 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 43.5% compare
- 27 Honduras 43.4% compare
- 29 Bangladesh 43.2% compare
- 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.7% compare
- 31 Burkina Faso 42.3% compare
More public sector data for Cameroon
- Arms imports 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.0705 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 18.36 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.01 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 17.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 534.85 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 4.23 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services in Cameroon?
- Taxes on goods and services in Cameroon was 43.3% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on goods and services recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 43.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.5% in 1992.
- How does Cameroon rank for taxes on goods and services?
- Cameroon ranks 28th out of 156 countries with data for 2021.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.