Tax revenue in Cameroon
Central government tax revenue in Cameroon was equal to 11.3% of GDP in 2021.
Cameroon, 2021
11.3%
Change from 2020
+0.5percentage points
World, 2021
14.3%
Tax revenue in Cameroon over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Cameroon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 13.9% |
| 2023 | – | 13.9% |
| 2022 | – | 14.5% |
| 2021 | 11.3% | 14.3% |
| 2020 | 10.9% | 13.7% |
| 2019 | 12.0% | 13.8% |
| 2018 | 12.3% | 13.9% |
| 2017 | 11.9% | 14.2% |
| 2016 | 11.7% | 13.9% |
| 2015 | 12.1% | 14.0% |
| 2014 | 12.3% | 14.0% |
| 2013 | 11.5% | 14.0% |
| 2012 | 11.3% | 13.8% |
| 2011 | – | 13.7% |
| 2010 | – | 13.3% |
| 2009 | – | 13.1% |
| 2008 | – | 14.3% |
| 2007 | – | 14.8% |
| 2006 | – | 14.5% |
| 2005 | – | 14.1% |
| 2004 | – | 14.5% |
| 2003 | – | 14.4% |
| 2002 | – | 14.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 10.9% in 2020.
- Since 1999, when it was 9.7%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 14.3%.