Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Cameroon

Cameroon: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 36.34 in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
36.34
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
182nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
38.89
in 2015
All-time low
35.41
in 2016
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Cameroon, 2015–2019

0102030402015201720192015: 38.92016: 35.42017: 36.32018: 36.32019: 36.3

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Cameroon stood at 36.34.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.6% over five years.

Cameroon ranks 182nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Cameroon, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Cameroon, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 38.89
2016 35.41 -8.9%
2017 36.34 +2.6%
2018 36.34 +0.0%
2019 36.34 +0.0%

Cameroon compared with similar countries

  • Cameroon's 36.34 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 61.28, 59% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Cameroon's 36.34 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 57.37, 63% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 179 Afghanistan 42.16 compare
  2. 180 Equatorial Guinea 41.54 compare
  3. 181 Democratic Republic of Congo 40.93 compare
  4. 183 Gabon 35.92 compare
  5. 184 Guinea 35.49 compare
  6. 185 Brazil 34.4 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Cameroon?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Cameroon was 36.34 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 38.89 in 2015.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 35.41 in 2016.
How does Cameroon rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Cameroon ranks 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Cameroon data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 955 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The score for paying taxes is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators, the payments, time and total tax and contribution rate for a company to comply with tax laws in an economy, as well as the postfiling procedures to request and process a VAT refund claim and to comply with and complete a corporate income tax correction. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.