Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cameroon
Cameroon: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 21.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 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 income, profits and capital gains in Cameroon is 21.8%, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of down 10.9% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cameroon peaked at 27.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 17.0%, in 1995.
That places Cameroon 87th out of 153 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 18.9% | — |
| 1991 | 17.3% | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 18.2% | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 19.9% | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 23.9% | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 17.0% | -28.8% |
| 1998 | 19.0% | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 20.7% | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 24.1% | +16.2% |
| 2013 | 24.6% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 24.9% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 27.6% | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 24.0% | -12.9% |
| 2017 | 20.4% | -15.2% |
| 2018 | 21.2% | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 21.3% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 24.4% | +14.9% |
| 2021 | 21.8% | -10.9% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 21.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 25.8%, 85% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 21.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 25.5%, 85% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.4% | 17.0% | 23.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 23.5% | 20.4% | 27.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 23.1% | 21.8% | 24.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
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 income, profits and capital gains in Cameroon?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cameroon was 21.8% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 27.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.0% in 1995.
- How does Cameroon rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Cameroon ranks 87th out of 153 countries with data for 2021.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. 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 income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. 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.