Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Cameroon

Cameroon: Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score was 53.2% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
53.2%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
165th
of 191 countries
All-time high
67.2%
in 2013
All-time low
53.2%
in 2016
Years of data
15
2005–2019

Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Cameroon, 2005–2019

02040602005201220192005: 64.32006: 64.12007: 64.12008: 64.72009: 67.12010: 67.12011: 67.12012: 67.12013: 67.22014: 67.22015: 67.22016: 53.22017: 53.22018: 53.22019: 53.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Cameroon recorded 53.2% for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of down 20.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Cameroon peaked at 67.2% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 53.2%, in 2016.

Cameroon ranks 165th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Cameroon, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score in Cameroon, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 64.3%
2006 64.1% -0.4%
2007 64.1% +0.0%
2008 64.7% +0.9%
2009 67.1% +3.8%
2010 67.1% +0.0%
2011 67.1% +0.0%
2012 67.1% +0.0%
2013 67.2% +0.1%
2014 67.2% +0.0%
2015 67.2% +0.0%
2016 53.2% -20.7%
2017 53.2% +0.0%
2018 53.2% +0.0%
2019 53.2% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 64.9% 64.1% 67.1% 5
2010s 61.6% 53.2% 67.2% 10

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 162 Sri Lanka 57.2% compare
  2. 163 Ghana 56.9% compare
  3. 164 Belgium 56.8% compare
  4. 166 Costa Rica 52.2% compare
  5. 167 Italy 51.0% compare
  6. 168 China 50.7% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Cameroon?
Paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score in Cameroon was 53.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 67.2% in 2013.
What is the lowest paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 53.2% in 2016.
How does Cameroon rank for paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score?
Cameroon ranks 165th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Is paying taxes: total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - score rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. 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: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Paying taxes: Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) - 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 total tax and contribution rate 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.