Paying taxes: Time in Cameroon
Cameroon: Paying taxes: Time was 624 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling
Paying taxes: Time in Cameroon, 2005–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in hours per year.
Analysis
In 2019, paying taxes: time in Cameroon stood at 624 hours per year. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, paying taxes: time in Cameroon peaked at 672 hours per year in 2010 and was at its lowest, 624 hours per year, in 2017.
That places Cameroon 8th out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Paying taxes: Time in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | hours per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 654 hours per year | — |
| 2006 | 654 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 654 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 654 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 654 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 672 hours per year | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 672 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 672 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 648 hours per year | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 648 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 648 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 648 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 624 hours per year | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 624 hours per year | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 624 hours per year | +0.0% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 624 hours per year is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 224 hours per year, 2.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 624 hours per year is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 232 hours per year, 2.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 654 hours per year | 654 hours per year | 654 hours per year | 5 |
| 2010s | 648 hours per year | 624 hours per year | 672 hours per year | 10 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More reference data data for Cameroon
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4076 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 17.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is paying taxes: time in Cameroon?
- Paying taxes: time in Cameroon was 624 hours per year in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest paying taxes: time recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 672 hours per year in 2010.
- What is the lowest paying taxes: time recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 624 hours per year in 2017.
- How does Cameroon rank for paying taxes: time?
- Cameroon ranks 8th out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
- Is paying taxes: time rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time (hours per year). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The time to comply with tax laws measures the time taken to prepare, ?le and pay three major types of taxes and contributions: the corporate income tax, value added or sales tax and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social contributions.