Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Cameroon

Cameroon: Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score was 11.13 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
11.13
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
183rd
of 191 countries
All-time high
11.13
in 2017
All-time low
3.71
in 2010
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Cameroon, 2005–2019

46810122005201220192005: 6.52006: 6.52007: 6.52008: 6.52009: 6.52010: 3.72011: 3.72012: 3.72013: 7.42014: 7.42015: 7.42016: 7.42017: 11.12018: 11.12019: 11.1

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Cameroon recorded 11.13 for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is up 71.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Cameroon peaked at 11.13 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3.71, in 2010.

Cameroon ranks 183rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Cameroon, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time (hours per year) - Score in Cameroon, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 6.49 —
2006 6.49 +0.0%
2007 6.49 +0.0%
2008 6.49 +0.0%
2009 6.49 +0.0%
2010 3.71 -42.9%
2011 3.71 +0.0%
2012 3.71 +0.0%
2013 7.42 +100.0%
2014 7.42 +0.0%
2015 7.42 +0.0%
2016 7.42 +0.0%
2017 11.13 +50.0%
2018 11.13 +0.0%
2019 11.13 +0.0%

Cameroon compared with similar countries

  • Cameroon's 11.13 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72.95, 15% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Cameroon's 11.13 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.94, 16% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 6.49 6.49 6.49 5
2010s 7.42 3.71 11.13 10

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 180 Central African Republic 32.92 compare
  2. 181 Equatorial Guinea 31.53 compare
  3. 182 Congo 14.53 compare
  4. 184 Gabon 9.89 compare
  5. 185 Ecuador 4.95 compare
  6. 186 Brazil 0
  7. 186 Bolivia 0
  8. 186 Chad 0
  9. 186 Libya 0
  10. 186 Somalia 0
  11. 186 Venezuela 0

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Cameroon?
Paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score in Cameroon was 11.13 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 11.13 in 2017.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 3.71 in 2010.
How does Cameroon rank for paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score?
Cameroon ranks 183rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: time (hours per year) - score rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is up 71.4%. 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: Time (hours per year) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Time (hours 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 time to comply with tax laws 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.