Tariff rate across all products in Cameroon
Cameroon: Tariff rate across all products was 18.1% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tariff rate across all products in Cameroon, 1994–2022
Source: World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tariff rate across all products in Cameroon is 18.1%, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.9% on the previous year and up 54.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate across all products in Cameroon peaked at 18.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 11.6%, in 2009.
Cameroon ranks 5th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.1% | 13.7% | 14.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.5% | 11.6% | 14.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 13.1% | 11.7% | 15.5% | 6 |
| 2020s | 18.1% | 18.1% | 18.1% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate across all products in Cameroon?
- Tariff rate across all products in Cameroon was 18.1% in 2022, according to World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tariff rate across all products recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 18.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tariff rate across all products recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.6% in 2009.
- How does Cameroon rank for tariff rate across all products?
- Cameroon ranks 5th out of 184 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tariff rate across all products rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank (WITS), UNCTAD (TRAINS), and World Trade Organization (WTO) (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Tariff rate across all products. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Weighted mean applied tariff is the average of effectively applied rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country.