Paying taxes: Time in Cameroon

Cameroon: Paying taxes: Time was 624 hours per year in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
624 hours per year
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
8th
of 187 countries
All-time high
672 hours per year
in 2010
All-time low
624 hours per year
in 2017
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Time in Cameroon, 2005–2019

02004006002005201220192005: 654 hours per year2006: 654 hours per year2007: 654 hours per year2008: 654 hours per year2009: 654 hours per year2010: 672 hours per year2011: 672 hours per year2012: 672 hours per year2013: 648 hours per year2014: 648 hours per year2015: 648 hours per year2016: 648 hours per year2017: 624 hours per year2018: 624 hours per year2019: 624 hours per year

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 187 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

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  3. 7 Gabon 632 hours per year compare
  4. 9 Congo 602 hours per year compare
  5. 10 Equatorial Guinea 492 hours per year compare
  6. 11 Central African Republic 483 hours per year compare

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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 187 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

Indicator
Paying taxes: Time (hours per year)
Unit
hours per year
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 2,778 data points, 2005–2019
Last refreshed

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.