Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in Cameroon
Cameroon: Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal was 364.49 Percentage of taxable income in 2025. ▲ Rising
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in Cameroon, 2017–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of taxable income.
Analysis
The most recent figure for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Cameroon is 364.49 Percentage of taxable income, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 43.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Cameroon peaked at 375.79 Percentage of taxable income in 2024 and was at its lowest, 253.85 Percentage of taxable income, in 2017.
That places Cameroon 1st out of 99 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Percentage of taxable income | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 253.85 Percentage of taxable income | — |
| 2018 | 255.47 Percentage of taxable income | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 264.48 Percentage of taxable income | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 271.03 Percentage of taxable income | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 283.38 Percentage of taxable income | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 320.32 Percentage of taxable income | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 369.05 Percentage of taxable income | +15.2% |
| 2024 | 375.79 Percentage of taxable income | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 364.49 Percentage of taxable income | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 257.93 Percentage of taxable income | 253.85 Percentage of taxable income | 264.48 Percentage of taxable income | 3 |
| 2020s | 330.68 Percentage of taxable income | 271.03 Percentage of taxable income | 375.79 Percentage of taxable income | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 43.54 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 2 Viet Nam 10.24 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 2 Zambia 204.38 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 3 Türkiye -59.05 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 3 Botswana 173.38 Percentage of taxable income compare
- 4 Iceland 144.03 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)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 63.42 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 2.18 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 888.22 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 8.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0167 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 30.5 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Cameroon?
- Effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal in Cameroon was 364.49 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 marginal recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 375.79 Percentage of taxable income in 2024.
- What is the lowest effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 253.85 Percentage of taxable income in 2017.
- How does Cameroon rank for effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal?
- Cameroon ranks 1st out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is effective tax rates - corporate tax statistics — effective marginal rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 marginal tax rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.