Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Cameroon
Cameroon: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average was 93.61 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▬ Flat
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Cameroon, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
In 2025, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Cameroon stood at 93.61 Percentage of taxable income.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Cameroon peaked at 94.05 Percentage of taxable income in 2021 and was at its lowest, 93.53 Percentage of taxable income, in 2017.
Cameroon ranks 1st of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 93.53 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 93.67 Percentage of taxable income | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 93.8 Percentage of taxable income | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 93.96 Percentage of taxable income | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 94.05 Percentage of taxable income | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 94.04 Percentage of taxable income | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 93.96 Percentage of taxable income | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 93.82 Percentage of taxable income | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 93.61 Percentage of taxable income | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 93.67 Percentage of taxable income | 93.53 Percentage of taxable income | 93.8 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 93.91 Percentage of taxable income | 93.61 Percentage of taxable income | 94.05 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 30.21 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 2 Viet Nam 15.57 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 2 Zambia 80.14 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 3 Türkiye 9.35 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 3 Botswana 61.42 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 4 Namibia 58.81 Percentage of taxable income compare
More economy & growth data for Cameroon
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.05 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.53 Percent per annum (2029)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 13.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1934 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 381.51 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.58 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per unit of GDP 112.56 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per capita 222,011 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 10.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.1536 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Cameroon?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average in Cameroon was 93.61 Percentage of taxable income in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 94.05 Percentage of taxable income in 2021.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.53 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- How does Cameroon rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average?
- Cameroon ranks 1st out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective average rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average tax rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This table reports synthetic tax policy indicators calculated on the basis of a prospective, hypothetical investment project. Unlike backward-looking ETRs, they do not incorporate any information about firms' actual tax payments.The OECD methodology has been described in detail in the OECD Taxation Working Paper No. 38 (Hanappi, 2018). Further methodological information is available in the explanatory annex.