Cameroon: Tax revenue
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| Cameroon |
Tax revenue, percent of GDP |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 11.34 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1990 - 2021 |
| Average | 10.27 |
| Min - Max | 5.90 - 12.35 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2021 is 11.34 percent, an increase from 10.87 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 16.48 percent, based on data from 126 countries. Historically, the average for Cameroon from 1990 to 2021 is 10.27 percent. The minimum value, 5.9 percent, was reached in 1994 while the maximum of 12.35 percent was recorded in 2018.
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Definition: Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutionalunits to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Government spending, percent of GDP | 11.15 | 2025 | percent |
| Government spending, in dollars | 6.57 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Fiscal balance, percent of GDP | -1.48 | 2024 | percent |
| Primary budget balance | -0.28 | 2024 | percent |
| Government expenditure | 1,015.40 | Q4/2025 | billion |
| Tax revenue | 11.34 | 2021 | percent |
| Commercial tax rate | 57.70 | 2019 | percent |
| Tax preparation time | 624 | 2019 | hours |
| Taxes on goods and services | 43.29 | 2021 | percent |
| Taxes on international trade | 11.24 | 2021 | percent |
| Income and profits taxes | 21.77 | 2021 | percent |
| Foreign aid | 940.27 | 2023 | million U.S. dollars |
| Government debt | 42.83 | 2024 | percent |
| Sovereign debt average maturity | 9.19 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term government debt | 2.22 | 2024 | percent |