Taxes on international trade in Cameroon
Cameroon: Taxes on international trade was 11.2% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Cameroon, 1990–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2021, taxes on international trade in Cameroon stood at 11.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Cameroon peaked at 30.2% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 10.8%, in 2013.
That places Cameroon 32nd out of 154 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Taxes on international trade in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 15.5% | — |
| 1991 | 13.4% | -13.9% |
| 1992 | 18.5% | +38.4% |
| 1993 | 19.6% | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 21.5% | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 27.6% | +28.1% |
| 1998 | 30.2% | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 28.3% | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 11.8% | -58.4% |
| 2013 | 10.8% | -8.2% |
| 2014 | 12.0% | +10.8% |
| 2015 | 11.4% | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 11.8% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 12.7% | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 11.8% | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 11.0% | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 11.2% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 11.2% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.8% | 13.4% | 30.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 10.8% | 12.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 11.2% | 11.2% | 11.2% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Cameroon?
- Taxes on international trade in Cameroon was 11.2% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 30.2% in 1998.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8% in 2013.
- How does Cameroon rank for taxes on international trade?
- Cameroon ranks 32nd out of 154 countries with data for 2021.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 international trade (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes on international trade are taxes that become payable when goods cross the national or customs frontiers of the economic territory or when transactions in services exchange between residents and non-residents. 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.