Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Cameroon

Cameroon: Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score was 31.67 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
31.67
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
167th
of 191 countries
All-time high
31.67
in 2009
All-time low
30
in 2005
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Cameroon, 2005–2019

01020302005201220192005: 302006: 302007: 302008: 302009: 31.72010: 31.72011: 31.72012: 31.72013: 31.72014: 31.72015: 31.72016: 31.72017: 31.72018: 31.72019: 31.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Cameroon stood at 31.67. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Cameroon peaked at 31.67 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 30, in 2005.

That places Cameroon 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Cameroon, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score in Cameroon, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 30 —
2006 30 +0.0%
2007 30 +0.0%
2008 30 +0.0%
2009 31.67 +5.6%
2010 31.67 +0.0%
2011 31.67 +0.0%
2012 31.67 +0.0%
2013 31.67 +0.0%
2014 31.67 +0.0%
2015 31.67 +0.0%
2016 31.67 +0.0%
2017 31.67 +0.0%
2018 31.67 +0.0%
2019 31.67 +0.0%

Cameroon compared with similar countries

  • Cameroon's 31.67 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50, 63% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Cameroon's 31.67 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 46.67, 68% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 30.33 30 31.67 5
2010s 31.67 31.67 31.67 10

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 166 Nicaragua 33.33 compare
  2. 167 Yemen 31.67 compare
  3. 169 Burkina Faso 30 compare
  4. 169 Papua New Guinea 30 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Cameroon?
Paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score in Cameroon was 31.67 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 31.67 in 2009.
What is the lowest paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 30 in 2005.
How does Cameroon rank for paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score?
Cameroon ranks 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: payments per year (number per year) - score rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cameroon data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Payments per year (number per year) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 2,794 data points, 2005–2019
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The score for tax payments benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.