Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cameroon
Cameroon: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 27.2% 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 total taxes.
Analysis
In 2021, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cameroon stood at 27.2%.
The figure is down 9.0% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cameroon peaked at 35.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 23.4%, in 1995.
Cameroon ranks 120th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 total taxes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 27.7% | — |
| 1991 | 29.4% | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 29.0% | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 29.7% | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 31.5% | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 23.4% | -25.8% |
| 1998 | 25.3% | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 26.0% | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 34.5% | +32.5% |
| 2013 | 34.4% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 33.7% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 35.4% | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 30.5% | -13.8% |
| 2017 | 25.8% | -15.6% |
| 2018 | 26.6% | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 27.3% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 29.9% | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 27.2% | -9.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 27.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 35.7%, 76% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 27.2% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 33.6%, 81% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.8% | 23.4% | 31.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 31.0% | 25.8% | 35.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 28.6% | 27.2% | 29.9% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cameroon?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Cameroon was 27.2% 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 35.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.4% in 1995.
- How does Cameroon rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Cameroon ranks 120th 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 21.1%. 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 total taxes). 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 total taxes which includes all compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.